Relationship between riparian vegetation and stream benthic communities at three spatial scales

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 553, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-160

  Rios, Sandra L ^a   Bailey, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrate community structure; Micro basins; Riparian vegetation; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CATCHMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; RIVERS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

MACROINVERTEBERATE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICRO-BASINS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIAL SCALES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; ZOOBENTHOS;

AGRICULTURE; BASINS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS; RIVERS; WATER SHEDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; THAMES RIVER [ONTARIO];

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 28444461093     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0868-z     Document Type: Article

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