The macroinvertebrate fauna of St. Lucia elucidated by canonical correspondence analysis

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 400, Issue , 1999, Pages 195-203

  Thorpe, T ^a   Lloyd, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean; CCA; Macroinvertebrate; Multivariate; Stream

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; FAUNA; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

SAINT LUCIA;

ANIMALIA; CHRISTIA; LUCIA;

EID: 0033560441     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003721509666     Document Type: Article

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