Effects of land use and disturbance on benthic insects in headwater streams draining small watersheds north of Charlotte, NC

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 345-358

  Gage, Maury S ^a   Spivak, Aaron ^a   Paradise, Christopher J ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 24344462329     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0345:EOLUAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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