Linear and nonlinear effects of habitat structure on composition and abundance in the macroinvertebrate community of a large river

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-305

  Stewart, Timothy W ^a   Shumaker, Tammy L ^a   Radzio, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; CORBICULIDAE; ELMIDAE; EPHEMERELLIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; ERPETOGOMPHUS; EUKIEFFERIELLA; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; LEPTOCERIDAE; NAIS; OLIGOCHAETA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PLECOPTERA; STROPHOPTERYX; TAENIOPTERYX; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0037382975     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0293:LANEOH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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