Macroinvertebrate-based multimetric predictive models for evaluating the human impact on biotic condition of Bolivian streams

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 840-847

  Moya, Nabor ^a   Hughes, Robert M ^b   Domínguez, Eduardo ^c   Gibon, Franois Marie ^d   Goitia, Edgar ^a   Oberdorff, Thierry ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbances; Biological traits; Macroinvertebrates; Multimetric index; Neotropical streams

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BIOLOGICAL TRAITS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; NEOTROPICAL STREAM;

PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOTIC FACTOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 78751580514     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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