Brüchner-Hüttemann, Henrike; Höss, Sebastian; Ptatscheck, Christoph; Brinke, Marvin; Schenk, Janina; Traunspurger, Walter: Added value of the NemaSPEAR[%]-index to routinely used macrofauna-based indices for assessing the quality of freshwater sediments. In: Ecological Indicators. Jg.121. 2021
Inhalt
- 2.1 Sampling sites
- 2.2 Physico-chemical analysis
- 2.3 Sampling of macrofauna and nematodes
- 2.4 Indices
- 2.5 Data processing and statistical analysis
- 3 Results
- 3.1 Toxic potential of the sites
- 3.2 Nematode and macrofauna communities along a pollution gradient
- 3.3 The NemaSPEAR[%]-index and macrofauna-based indices along a pollution gradient
- 3.4 Robustness of the NemaSPEAR[%]-index against seasonal variations
- 4 Discussion
- 5 Conclusion
- CRediT authorship contribution statement
- Declaration of Competing Interest
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix A Supplementary data
- References