Using classification trees to analyze the impact of exotic species on the ecological assessment of polder lakes in Flanders, Belgium

Gert Everaert, Pieter Boets, Koen Lock, Sašo Džeroski and Peter L.M. Goethals

Ecological Modelling, 2011, vol. 222, issue 14, 2202-2212

Abstract: Polder lakes in Flanders are stagnant waters that were flooded by the sea in the past. Several of these systems are colonized by exotic species, but have hardly been studied until present. The aim of the present study was: (1) to assess the influence of exotic macrobenthic species on the outcome of the Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index Flanders (MMIF) and (2) to use classification trees for evaluating to what extent physical–chemical characteristics affect the presence of exotic species.

Keywords: Brackish water; Classification tree; Ecological assessment; Gammarus tigrinus; Exotic species; Potamopyrgus antipodarum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.08.013

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