Effects of landscape metrics and land-use variables on macroinvertebrate communities and habitat characteristics

Limnetica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 347-362

  Cortes, Rui M ^a   Varandas, Simone ^a   Teixeira, Amílcar ^c   Hughes, Samantha Jane ^a   Magalhães, Marco ^a   Barquín, José ^b   Álvarez Cabria, Mario ^b   Fernández, Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fractal landscape metrics; Habitat; Land use; Macroinvertebrates; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866417686     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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