Analysis of macroinvertebrate assemblages in relation to environmental gradients in Rocky Mountain streams

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 489-505

  Griffith, Michael B ^a   Kaufmann, Philip R ^b   Herlihy, Alan T ^c   Hill, Brian H ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic indices; Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); Community metrics; Macroinvertebrates; Physical habitat; Redundancy analysis; Sediment chemistry; Southern Rockies Ecoregion; Streams; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 0035065729     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0489:AOMAIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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