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Table of contents
1. General Introduction
1.1 Background to the study
1.2 Macroinvertebrates in Asian and European rivers: a general overview
1.3 Modelling techniques and applications
1.4 Research problem, aims and objectives
2. Materials and Methods
2.1 Case study in the LMB and dataset
2.1.1 The LMB
2.1.2 Data collection and processing
2.2 Case study in Flemish rivers and dataset
2.2.1 Flanders
2.2.2 Data collection and processing
2.3 Statistical analyses and modelling approaches
2.3.1 Communities clustering and diversity measures
2.3.2 Comparative analyses
2.3.3 Regression and Multivariate analyses
2.3.4 Model development, validation and performance
3. Main Results
3.1 Macroinvertebrate communities and diversity patterns in the LMB
3.1.1 Overall macroinvertebrate communities
3.1.2 Spatial community patterns and their relationship with environmental factors
3.1.3 Macroinvertebrate diversity and its relation to environmental factors
3.2 Macroinvertebrate communities and diversity patterns in Flemish rivers
3.2.1 Overall macroinvertebrate communities
3.2.2 Spatio-temporal community composition and environmental factors
3.2.3 Spatio-temporal diversity pattern and its relation to environmental factors
3.3. Modelling and predicting
3.3.1 Performance variation of modelling techniques applied in the LMB
3.3.2 Modelling alien mollusc occurrence and their co-occurrence with native molluscs
3.3.3 Optimizing the prediction of alien mollusc occurrence
4. General Discussion
4.1 Overall community composition and diversity in the two river systems
4.2 Spatio-temporal changes of communities and their relation to environmental factors
4.2.1 The LMB
4.2.2 Flemish rivers
4.3 Model development, performance and predictions
4.3.1 Modelling techniques and their application in the LMB
4.3.2 Predicting alien species occurrence and their co-occurrence with native molluscs
4.3.3 Optimizing the prediction of alien mollusc occurrence
5. General Conclusion and Perspectives
5.1 General conclusion
5.2 Implications for management and restoration
5.3 Perspectives
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