Spatial-scale effects on relative importance of physical habitat predictors of stream health

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 899-917

  Frimpong, Emmanuel A ^a   Sutton, Trent M ^a   Engel, Bernard A ^a   Simon, Thomas P ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bloomington Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic integrity; Fish; Habitat; Predictive models; Scale; Stream health

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATERSHEDS;

BIOTIC INTEGRITY; FISH; HABITAT; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SCALE; STREAM HEALTH;

ECOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; LAND USE; SCALE EFFECT; STREAM;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOREST; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDIANA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27944461771     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0357-6     Document Type: Article

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