Using diatoms as indicators of ecological conditions in lotic systems: A regional assessment

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 481-495

  Pan, Yangdong ^a,d   Stevenson, R Jan ^a   Hill, Brian H ^b   Herlihy, Alan T ^c   Collins, Gary B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic diatoms; biomonitoring; canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); depositional and erosional habitats; Mid Atlantic Highlands streams; pH; regression and calibration model

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030454934     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467800     Document Type: Article

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