Impervious surface area as a predictor of the effects of urbanization on stream insect communities in Maine, U.S.A

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-127

  Morse, Chandler C ^a   Huryn, Alexander D ^a   Cronan, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Biomonitoring; Stream insects; Urban land use; Urban streams

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; INSECTICIDES; WATER QUALITY;

TAXONOMY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CATCHMENT; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; INSECT; LAND USE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; INSECTS; MAINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ACERPENNA; ALLOCAPNIA; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CHEUMATOPSYCHE; COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYDROPSYCHE; INSECTA; OPTIOSERVUS; PARACAPNIA; PLECOPTERA; STENELMIS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0142244257     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025821622411     Document Type: Review

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