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Ecological Indicators

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 271-282

  Schmidt Kloiber, Astrid ^a   Hering, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Fish; Indicator traits; Macro invertebrates; Macrophytes; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FISH; PHYTOPLANKTON; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WATER;

DIATOMS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ECOLOGICAL PREFERENCES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; LITERATURE SURVEY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MACROPHYTES;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; DATABASE; DIATOM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOPLANKTON; TAXONOMY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 84923812255     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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