Effects of stream size on taxa richness and other commonly used benthic bioassessment metrics

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 309-316

  Paller, Michael H ^a   Specht, Winona L ^a   Dyer, Susan A ^b  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; EPT; Macroinvertebrates; River continuum concept; Species richness; Stream size

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STREAM FLOW; SUBSTRATES;

BIOASSESSMENT; EPHEMEROPTERA, PLECOPTERA, AND TRICHOPTERA (EPT); MACROINVERTEBRATES; RIVER CONTINUUM CONCEPT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM SIZE;

BIODIVERSITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAROLINA; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ANNELIDA; EPHEMEROPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33746787651     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0208-y     Document Type: Article

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