Seasonal and interannual variability of macroinvertebrate reference communities and its influence on bioassessment in different Mediterranean stream types

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-367

  Sanchez Montoya M M ^a   Suarez M L ^a   Vidal Abarca, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Macroinvertebrate metrics; Mediterranean stream types; Reference condition; Seasonal and interannual variation; The guadalmed ii project; Water framework directive (wfd)

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLY; HABITAT TYPE; HEADWATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HETEROPTERA; ODONATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 77649339992     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0174-0353     Document Type: Article

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