Multi-scale analysis of responses of stream macrobenthos to forestry activities and environmental context

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-97

  Martel, Nicolas ^a   Rodríguez, Marco A ^a   Bérubé, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Biomass spectrum; Community structure; Numerical density; Taxonomic richness

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FORESTRY PRACTICE; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

CANADA; CASCAPEDIA RIVER; GASPE PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33845595859     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01674.x     Document Type: Article

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