Land use at the reach scale as a major determinant for benthic invertebrate community in Mediterranean rivers of Cyprus

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 477-491

  Erba, Stefania ^a   Pace, Giorgio ^a,b   Demartini, Daniele ^a,c   Di Pasquale, Davide ^a,d   Dörflinger, Gerald ^e   Buffagni, Andrea ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Prothea Srl Via Gran Sasso   (Italy)

^d Istituto Per Le Tecnologie Della Costruzione Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (ITC CNR)   (Italy)

^e Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Assessment; Environmental gradients; Macroinvertebrates; Spatial scale; STAR ICMi

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASSESSMENT; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS; SPATIAL SCALE;

LAND USE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; RIVER BASIN;

CYPRUS;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84907517990     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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