Multiple-scale landscape predictors of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in North Carolina

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 71, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 77-90

  Potter, Kevin M ^a   Cubbage, Frederick W ^a   Schaberg, Rex H ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Geographic Information Systems; Land cover; Landscape ecology; Nonpoint source pollution; Water quality; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AQUATIC COMMUNITIES; FOREST COVER; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; MULTIPLE-SCALE LANDSCAPE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; PLANTS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SHEDS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 11444257502     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(04)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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