Characterizing differential responses of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to floods and droughts in three different stream types using a Self-Organizing Map

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-126

  Bae, Mi Jung ^a   Chon, Tae Soo ^b   Park, Young Seuk ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrate communities; Disturbance; Droughts; Floods; Recovery response; Self Organizing Map; Spatial heterogeneity; Stream types

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MACRO INVERTEBRATES; DISTURBANCE; RECOVERY RESPONSE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STREAM TYPES;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; NEURAL NETWORKS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

FLOODS;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FLOOD; MACROBENTHOS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

EID: 84892476033     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1326     Document Type: Article

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