Association between wetland disturbance and biological attributes in floodplain wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 497-508

  Chipps, Steven R ^a   Hubbard, Daniel E ^a   Werlin, Kent B ^a   Haugerud, Neil J ^a   Powell, Kipp A ^a   Thompson, Jo ^b   Johnson, Tom ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological metrics; Invertebrate diversity; Missouri river floodplain; Mosquito larvae; Plant richness; Wetland bioassessment

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODPLAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOSQUITO; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

MISSOURI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845865029     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[497:ABWDAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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