Assessing the relationship between the Lake Habitat Survey and littoral macroinvertebrate communities in European lakes

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-214

  McGoff, Elaine ^a   Aroviita, Jukka ^b   Pilotto, Francesca ^c,d   Miler, Oliver ^c   Solimini, Angelo G ^d   Porst, Gwendolin ^c   Jurca, Tamara ^e   Donohue, Louise ^e   Sandin, Leonard ^f  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Ecological quality; EU Water Framework Directive; Habitat metrics; Habitat surveying; Hydromorphology; Macroinvertebrate community composition; Macroinvertebrate metrics

Indexed keywords

BIOASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; HABITAT METRICS; HYDROMORPHOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURVEYS; WATER CONSERVATION;

LAKES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EUROPEAN UNION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; LAKE; LAND COVER; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; SURFACE WATER; SURVEY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84867895102     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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