Comparing the performance of different stream classification systems using aquatic macroinvertebrates

AIM: We evaluated five stream classification systems observing: 1) differences in richness, abundance and macroinvertebrates communities among stream classes within classification systems; and 2) whether classification systems present better performance using macroinvertebrates. Additionally, we eva...

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Main Authors: Márlon de Castro Vasconcelos, Adriano Sanches Melo, Albano Schwarzbold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2013-12-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2013000400006&lng=en&tlng=en