Comparing strengths of geographic and nongeographic classifications of stream benthic macroinvertebrates in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands, USA

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 429-441

  Waite, I R ^a   Herlihy, A T ^a   Larsen, D P ^a   Klemm, D J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Ecoregions; Grad ient analyses; Habitat; Macroinvertebrates; Mid Atlantic; Similarity measures; Streams

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

MID-ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033786457     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468105     Document Type: Article

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