Palaeolimnological validation of estimated reference values for a lake profundal macroinvertebrate metric (Benthic Quality Index)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 253-264

  Jyväsjärvi, Jussi ^a   Nyblom, Jukka ^a   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Chironomid communities; Lake morphometry; Predictive modelling; Reference condition approach

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOASSAY; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TYPOLOGY;

FINLAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 77952673307     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9401-0     Document Type: Article

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