Spatial congruency of benthic diatom, invertebrate, macrophyte, and fish assemblages in European streams

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 978-992

  Johnson, Richard K ^a   Daniel, Hering ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congruency; Diversity; Monitoring; Redundancy analysis; Spatial patterns; Streams

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; DIATOM; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; EUROPE; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; PLANT; POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS;

EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953142476     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1153.1     Document Type: Article

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