Response of benthic algae to environmental gradients in an agriculturally dominated landscape

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-237

  Munn, Mark D ^a   Black, Robert W ^a   Gruber, Steven J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Biological monitoring; Environmental gradients; Environmental optima; Land use

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LAND USE; PHYTOBENTHOS; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

COLUMBIA PLATEAU; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; LYNGBYA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0036269471     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468411     Document Type: Article

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