Morphological alterations of lake shores in Europe: A multimetric ecological assessment approach using benthic macroinvertebrates

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 398-410

  Miler, Oliver ^a   Porst, Gwendolin ^a   McGoff, Elaine ^b   Pilotto, Francesca ^c   Donohue, Louise ^d   Jurca, Tamara ^d   Solimini, Angelo ^c   Sandin, Leonard ^e   Irvine, Kenneth ^d   Aroviita, Jukka ^f   Clarke, Ralph ^g   Pusch, Martin T ^a  

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

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^g BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment metrics; EU Water Framework Directive; Lake Habitat Survey; Lakes; Macrozoobenthos; Pressure response relationship

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METRICS; EU-WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; LAKE HABITATS; MACROZOOBENTHOS; PRESSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SURVEYS; TOOLS; WATER CONSERVATION;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SHORE (NONMARINE); ZOOBENTHOS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880307119     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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