Spatio-temporal pattern of the Chironomidae community: Toward the use of non-biting midges in bioassessment programs

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-55

  Milošević, Djuradj ^a   Simić, Vladica ^b   Stojković, Milica ^a   Čerba, Dubravka ^c   Mančev, Dejan ^a   Petrović, Ana ^b   Paunović, Momir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Chironomidae larvae; Community pattern; Self organizing map (SOM) method

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; LARVA; MAP; MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

SERBIA; SOUTH MORAVA BASIN;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84874803442     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-012-9423-y     Document Type: Article

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