A longitudinal assessment of the aquatic macroinvertebrate community in the channelized lower Missouri River

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-53

  Poulton, Barry C ^a   Wildhaber, Mark L ^a   Charbonneau, Collette S ^b   Fairchild, James F ^a   Mueller, Brad G ^c   Schmitt, Christopher J ^a  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Biological condition; Habitat; Kansas City; Macroinvertebrates; Missouri River; Petite ponar; Rock substrate

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSTRATES;

MACROINVERTEBRATES;

AQUACULTURE;

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INSECT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIVER; ROCK; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MISSOURI;

UNITED STATES;

EPHEMEROPTERA; INSECTA; ODONATA; ODONTA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0037945182     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023301016001     Document Type: Review

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