The relationship of macroinvertebrate assemblages to water chemistry in a polluted Colorado plains stream

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-432

  Shieh, S H ^a,b   Kondratieff, B C ^a   Ward, J V ^c   Rice, D A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POTASSIUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SODIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

ORDINATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032815437     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/145/1999/405     Document Type: Article

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