Incorporating continuous trait variation into biomonitoring assessments by measuring and assigning trait values to individuals or taxa

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 477-490

  Orlofske, Jessica M ^a   Baird, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Body size; Intra taxon trait variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Traits based biomonitoring

Indexed keywords

EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84892435656     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12279     Document Type: Article

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