Assessing biotic integrity of streams: Effects of scale in measuring the influence of land use/cover and habitat structure on fish and macroinvertebrates

Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-270

  Lammert, Mary ^a   Allan, J David ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Habitat Fish; Land use; Macroinvertebrates; Scale; Stream

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; LAND USE; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; WATERSHEDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND USE; SCALE EFFECT; STREAM;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033080973     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900184     Document Type: Article

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