Biological integrity in mid-atlantic coastal plains headwater streams

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 141-156

  Megan, Mehaffey H ^a   Nash, Maliha S ^a   Neale, Anne C ^a   Pitchford, Ann M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Headwater Streams; Landscape; Macroinvertebrates; Mid Atlantic Coastal Plains; Water Quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONES; MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

HEADWATER STREAM; MACROINVERTEBRATES; WATER CHEMISTRY;

WATERSHEDS;

CHLORIDE; PESTICIDE; RUNOFF;

BENTHOS; COASTAL PLAIN; HEADWATER; LANDSCAPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIFFLE; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; FOREST; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OCEAN CURRENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TREES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33847756689     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9214-9     Document Type: Article

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