Limiting factors and thresholds for macroinvertebrate assemblages in European rivers: Empirical evidence from three datasets on water quality, catchment urbanization, and river restoration

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-72

  Kail, Jochem ^a   Arle, Jens ^b   Jähnig, Sonja C ^c,d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Constraint envelope; EU Water Framework Directive; Good ecological status; Land use; Quantile regression; River management; TITAN; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT ENVELOPE; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; QUANTILE REGRESSION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TITAN; CONSTRAINT ENVELOPES; EU-WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; GOOD ECOLOGICAL STATUS;

AGGREGATES; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; RESTORATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; LIMITING FACTOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; THRESHOLD; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT RESTORATION; TAXONOMY;

EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 82655189523     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.09.038     Document Type: Article

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