Measuring ecological change of aquatic macrophytes in Mediterranean rivers

Limnologica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-107

  Dodkins, Ian ^a   Aguiar, Francisca ^a   Rivaes, Rui ^a   Albuquerque, António ^a   Rodríguez González, Patricia ^a   Ferreira, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Biological assessment; Detrended Correspondence Analysis; Reciprocal Averaging; Water Framework Directive; Weighted Averaging

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROPHYTE; TYPOLOGY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84857802178     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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