Inferring pollution states based on community structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in streams
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Community structure is suitable for characterizing pollution states under field conditions
Species Abundance Distribution (SAD) models fit two main groups, weak and strong pollution
The parameter, γ, in the log-normal distribution, differs between strong and weak pollution groups
Low coefficients of variation in SAD slopes distinguish less and slightly polluted states within the weak pollution group
Mixture of log-normal distribution with geometric series distinguishes polluted from severely polluted within the strong pollution group
Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim., 52 (2016) 91-108
Published online: 21 March 2016
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2015022