Modelling macroinvertebrate and fish biotic indices: From reaches to entire river networks

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 577, Issue , 2017, Pages 308-318

  Álvarez Cabria, Mario ^a   González Ferreras, Alexia M ^a   Peñas, Francisco J ^a   Barquín, José ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian region; Ebro River; EPT; IASPT; Life; Salmonid biomass

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CATCHMENTS; DECISION TREES; FISH; WATER QUALITY;

CANTABRIAN REGION; EBRO RIVER; IASPT; LIFE; SALMONIDS;

RIVERS;

BIOMASS; BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALMONID;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EPHEMEROPTERA PLECOPTERA AND TRICHOPTERA NUMBER OF FAMILIES; FISH; FLOW RATE; GEOLOGY; HABITAT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); HYDROLOGY; IBERIAN AVERAGE SCORE PER TAXON; LOTIC INVERTEBRATE INDEX FOR FLOW EVALUATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SALMONID; SPAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE;

CANTABRIA; EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

SALMONIDAE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; SPAIN;

EID: 84995975271     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.186     Document Type: Article

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