Macroinvertebrate distribution in relation to land use and water chemistry in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 954-976

  Kratzer, Erika B ^a,b   Jackson, John K ^a   Arscott, David B ^a,c   Aufdenkampe, Anthony K ^a   Dow, Charles L ^a   Kaplan, L A ^a   Newbold, J D ^a   Sweeney, Bernard W ^a  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Geology; Land cover; Land use; Macroinvertebrates; Multivariate statistics; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRINKING WATER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INSECT; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIPARIAN ZONE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

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

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33845316921     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)025[0954:MDIRTL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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