The importance of metacommunity ecology for environmental assessment research in the freshwater realm

Biological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 166-178

  Heino, Jani ^a,b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Dispersal limitation; Mass effects; Niche; Species sorting

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84871759094     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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