The links between morphological parameters and benthic invertebrate assemblages, and general implications for hydromorphological river management

Ecohydrology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-82

  Petkovska, Vesna ^a   Urbanič, Gorazd ^a,b  

^a Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Hydromorphology; River habitat survey; Slovenian hydromorphological assessment method; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; HYDROMORPHOLOGY; RIVER-HABITATS; SLOVENIAN HYDROMORPHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT METHOD; VARIANCE PARTITIONING;

RIVERS;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84921601621     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1489     Document Type: Article

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