Benthic invertebrates and sediment characteristics in main channel habitats in the lower Columbia River

Northwest Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-55

  McCabe Jr , George T ^a   Hinton, Susan A ^a   Emmett, Robert L ^a   Sandford, Benjamin P ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROBENTHOS; SEDIMENT;

USA, COLUMBIA RIVER;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; COROPHIUM SALMONIS; DIPTERA; OLIGOCHAETA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0030613562     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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