Biomonitoring and invertebrate taxonomy
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
- Vol. 14 (2-3) , 265-273
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00677921
Abstract
Biological monitoring requires identification of the fauna of the environment under study. Three prevalent methods have been used to alleviate the need for universal species-level identification: selection of indicator taxa, taxonomic reduction, and allocation to functional groups. Each method is discussed in relation to species recognition. It is suggested that the validity of all attempts to reduce data should be tested in the light of phylogenetic hypotheses.Keywords
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