Three Decades of Change in the Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community and Water Quality in the Buffalo River Area of Concern, 1964-1993

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 652-663

  Diggins, Thomas P ^a   Snyder, Randal J ^b  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffalo River; Historical; Macroinvertebrates; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS);

RIVERS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECADAL VARIATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WATER QUALITY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; BUBALUS; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0347093292     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70468-7     Document Type: Article

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