Persistence and stability of macroinvertebrate communities in streams of Denali National Park, Alaska: Implications for biological monitoring

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 373-387

  Milner, Alexander M ^a,b   Conn, Sarah C ^b,d   Brown, Lee E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Community structure; Ephemeroptera; Persistence; Plecoptera; Population dynamics; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MONITORING; PERSISTENCE; STREAM;

ALASKA; DENALI NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; SERRANUS PHOEBE;

EID: 33645066094     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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