Weak Concordance between Fish and Macroinvertebrates in Mediterranean Streams

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Larsen, Stefano ^a   Mancini, Laura ^b   Pace, Giorgio ^b,e   Scalici, Massimiliano ^c   Tancioni, Lorenzo ^d  

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

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); ITALY; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FISHES; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870950171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051115     Document Type: Article

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