Macroinvertebrate species and assemblages in the headwater streams of the River Tyne, northern England in relation to land cover and other environmental variables

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 229-240

  Eyre, M D ^a   Pilkington, J G ^a   McBlane, R P ^a   Rushton, S P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Habitat templates; Headwaters; Land cover; Macroinvertebrates; pH; Stream structure; Streams

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DATA REDUCTION; GEOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PH; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER;

ENGLAND; HABITAT TEMPLATES; HEADWATER; LAND COVER; MACROINVERTEBRATES; STREAM STRUCTURE; STREAMS;

RIVERS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAND COVER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORDINATION; STREAM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TYNE RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24644438664     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0861-6     Document Type: Article

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