How much is enough? Adequate sample size for littoral macroinvertebrates in lowland lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 649, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 365-373

  Schreiber, Jürgen ^a   Brauns, Mario ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Spatial variability; Species richness; Species area curves; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ECOREGIONS; HABITAT TYPE; LAKE TYPES; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; OLIGOTROPHIC LAKES; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLE SIZES; SAMPLING METHOD; SAMPLING SITE; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER DEPTH; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAKES; WATER CONSERVATION;

SAMPLING;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOREGION; EUROPEAN UNION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WATER PLANNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 77952426249     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0284-x     Document Type: Article

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