A new biological indicator to assess the ecological status of Mediterranean trout type streams

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 295-303

  Ayllón, Daniel ^a   Almodóvar, Ana ^a   Nicola, Graciela G ^b   Parra, Irene ^a   Elvira, Benigno ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stressors; Bioindicators; Ecological status; Environmental degradation; Habitat modelling

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; BROWN TROUTS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; DEGRADATION FACTOR; DISTURBANCE FACTORS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MODELLING; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; LIFE STAGES; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; REGRESSION MODEL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

BIOMARKERS; CONSERVATION; DEGRADATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FISH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WEATHERING;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; AGE CLASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIMITING FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; SALMONID; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84858720171     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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