High spatial variability biases the space-for-time approach in environmental monitoring

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1202-1205

  Kappes, Heike ^a,b   Sundermann, Andrea ^a,b   Haase, Peter ^a,b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Bioassessment; Season; Stream; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BIOASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS; GERMANY; MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTS; SEASON; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; STREAM; STREAM QUALITY; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; TWO-STREAM;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULICS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

GERMANY;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957861168     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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