Recovery Dynamics in Invertebrate Communities Following Water-Quality Improvement: Taxonomy-Vs Trait-Based Assessment

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1060-1073

  Arce, Evelyne ^a,b   Archaimbault, Virginie ^c   Mondy, Cédric P ^d   Usseglio Polatera, Philippe ^b  

^a UR MALY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

macroinvertebrates; null model; pollution abatement; taxonomic metrics; trait based approach; wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84940026406     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678673     Document Type: Article

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