The use of Percent Model Affinity to assess the effects of agriculture on benthic invertebrate communities in headwater streams of southern Ontario, Canada

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 397-410

  Barton, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROBENTHOS; RIPARIAN HABITAT;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030304870     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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