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Beyond taxonomy: a review of macroinvertebrate trait-based community descriptors as tools for freshwater biomonitoring

2010-08-01

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1. Species traits have been frequently used in ecological studies in an attempt to develop a general ecological framework linking biological communities to habitat pressures. The trait approach offers a mechanistic alternative to traditional taxonomy-based descriptors. This review focuses on research employing traits as biomonitoring tools for freshwater ecosystems, although the lessons learned have wider applicat...

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Literature Corpus work: a87b5502-065e-5c2f-8454-613674e55e7a
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01819.x

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