Sampling, Modelling and Prediction for Freshwater Species Across River Ecosystems: An example with the Freshwater Pearl Mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (L., 1758)

There is a general need to provide integrative studies to understand, retain and simplify the information contained in spatial patterns of biodiversity in complex ecosystems such as rivers. The general objectives of this thesis are to implement a complete process of sampling, modelling and predictin...

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Autor: Lois Lugilde, Sabela
Formato: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/13394
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10347/13394
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2402 Antropología (física)::240210 Biología de poblaciones
Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240114-1 Taxonomía animal. Bioquímica
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Resumo:There is a general need to provide integrative studies to understand, retain and simplify the information contained in spatial patterns of biodiversity in complex ecosystems such as rivers. The general objectives of this thesis are to implement a complete process of sampling, modelling and predicting for freshwater species across and within river networks focused on biotic interactions. To address this objective the endangered freshwater mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (L., 1758) that must pass its larval stage attached to a host fish, is used to gain biological and ecological knowledge to manage its conservation.