Ambiguous taxa: Effects on the characterization and interpretation of invertebrate assemblages

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 286-307

  Cuffney, T F ^a   Bilger, M D ^a,c   Haigler, A M ^b,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MEREDITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Ecoanalysts   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblage metrics; Benthic invertebrates; Data comparability; Macroinvertebrates; Ordination; Richness; Sample processing; Taxa richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MAYFLY; METHODOLOGY; ORDINATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BAETIS; BAETIS PLUTO; INVERTEBRATA; OTUS;

EID: 34249779544     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[286:ATEOTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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