The pond biodiversity index "IBEM": A new tool for the rapid assessment of biodiversity in ponds from switzerland. Part 1. Index development

Limnetica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-104

  Angélibert, Sandrine ^a   Rosset, Véronique ^a   Indermuehle, Nicola ^a   Oertli, Beat ^a  

^a University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Aquatic plants; Bioassessment; Macroinvertebrates; Monitoring; Nature conservation; Practitioners; Small waterbodies

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC PLANT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROPOD; INSECT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POND; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

SWITZERLAND;

AMPHIBIA; COLEOPTERA; GASTROPODA; ODONATA;

EID: 78549269772     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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