Linking classification boundaries to sources of natural variability in transitional waters: A case study of benthic macroinvertebrates

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-122

  Barbone, Enrico ^a,b   Rosati, Ilaria ^b   Reizopoulou, Sofia ^c   Basset, Alberto ^b  

^a ARPA Puglia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c HCMR   (Greece)

Author keywords

Habitat heterogeneity; Linear mixed models; Macroinvertebrates; Metric uncertainty; Seasonality; Transitional waters

Indexed keywords

HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; METRIC UNCERTAINTY; SEASONALITY; TRANSITIONAL WATERS;

BIT ERROR RATE; LAKES; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; BOUNDARY; DATABASE; HABITAT TYPE; LAGOON; LIFE CYCLE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCHINESS; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TYPOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 80052586075     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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