Life-history strategies constrain invertebrate community tolerance to multiple stressors: A case study in the Ebro basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 572, Issue , 2016, Pages 196-206

  Mondy, Cédric P ^a   Muñoz, Isabel ^b   Dolédec, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Boosted regression trees; Habitat template; Mediterranean streams; Trait combinations; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BOOSTED REGRESSION TREES; HABITAT TEMPLATES; MEDITERRANEAN STREAMS; TRAIT COMBINATIONS; WATER SCARCITY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

INSECTICIDE; ORGANIC MATTER;

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RESOURCE SCARCITY; STREAM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CASE STUDY; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DAM (BARRIER); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYDROLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SPAIN; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

EBRO BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; LIFE HISTORY TRAITS; RIVERS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84982699454     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.227     Document Type: Article

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