Role of rarity and taxonomic resolution in a regional and spatial analysis of stream macroinvertebrates

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 977-997

  Arscott, David B ^a,b   Jackson, John K ^a   Kratzer, Erika B ^a,c  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Community structure; Impairment; Multivariate statistics; Relative abundance; Richness; Sampling design

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRINKING WATER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STREAM; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845301185     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)025[0977:RORATR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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