Evaluation of single- and multi-metric benthic macroinvertebrate indicators of catchment disturbance over time at the Fort Benning Military Installation, Georgia, USA

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 469-484

  Maloney, Kelly O ^a   Feminella, Jack W ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Macroinvertebrates; Metric; Military training; Seasonal and annual variability; Stream assessment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METRIC SYSTEM; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

DISTURBANCE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; METRIC; MILITARY TRAINING; SEASONAL AND ANNUAL VARIABILITY; STREAM ASSESSMENT;

BIODIVERSITY;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; CATCHMENT; MILITARY APPLICATION; SEDIMENT;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33646817769     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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