Stressor prioritisation in riverine ecosystems: Which environmental factors shape benthic invertebrate assemblage metrics?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-96

  Sundermann, Andrea ^a,b   Gerhardt, Miriam ^a,b   Kappes, Heike ^c   Haase, Peter ^a,b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Land use practices; Local habitat structure; Restoration; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARABLE LAND; ARTIFICIAL SURFACES; BENEFIT COST RATIOS; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; BOOTSTRAP APPROACH; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GOODNESS OF FIT; HABITAT STRUCTURES; LOCAL SCALE; MODEL RESULTS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; RESTORATION PRACTICES; RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS; SIMPSON; STRUCTURAL DEGRADATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION; RESTORATION; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ABUNDANCE; ARABLE LAND; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INVERTEBRATE; INVESTMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LINEARITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIORITIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

GERMANY;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872132567     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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