Long-term trends in Loch Leven invertebrate communities

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 681, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-72

  Gunn, I D M ^a   O'Hare, M T ^a   Maitland, P S ^b   May, L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Fish Conservation Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biomonitoring; Environmental Change Network; Eutrophication; Lake; Recovery; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT TYPE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; STOCKING DENSITY; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

HIGHLAND; LOCH LEVEN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855340764     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0926-7     Document Type: Article

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