Catchment land cover as a proxy for macroinvertebrate assemblage structure in Carpathian Mountain streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 673, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-168

  Tornblom J ^a   Angelstam, P ^a   Degerman, E ^b   Henrikson, L ^c   Edman, T ^a   Temnerud, J ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c WWF   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecological integrity; European Water Framework Directive; Land cover; Land use; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECOREGION; EUROPEAN UNION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; WATER PLANNING;

CARPATHIANS;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 79960563277     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0769-2     Document Type: Article

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