Accurate environmental bioindication in floodplains in spite of an extreme flood event

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 877-886

  Follner, Klaus ^a   Hofacker, Anke ^c   Glaeser, Judith ^a   Dziock, Frank ^b   Gerisch, Michael ^a   Foeckler, Francis ^d   Ilg, Christiane ^a   Schanowski, Arno ^e   Scholz, Mathias ^a   Henle, Klaus ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ÖKON GmbH   (Germany)

^e NABU Institut für Landschaftsökologie und Naturschutz ILN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioindicator system; Carabid beetles; Groundwater depth; Inundation; Molluscs; Plants; Robustness; Site conditions

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER; MOLLUSC; TAXONOMY;

ELBE RIVER;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77957153469     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1300     Document Type: Article

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