Relationships between stream macroinvertebrates and environmental variables at multiple spatial scales

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2107-2124

  Li, Fengqing ^a   Chung, Namil ^a   Bae, Mi Jung ^a   Kwon, Yong Su ^a   Park, Young Seuk ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; East Asian monsoon region; Habitat scales; Hierarchical framework; Korea

Indexed keywords

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 84865863197     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02854.x     Document Type: Article

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