Evidence of a threshold level of fine sediment accumulation for altering benthic macroinvertebrate communities

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 518, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 95-104

  Kaller, M D ^a,b   Hartman, K J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Roads; Sediment; Substrate; Threshold

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HYDROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

MACROINVERTEBRATES; TROPHIC WEBS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ACCUMULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEDIMENT; THRESHOLD;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 3442896914     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000025059.82197.35     Document Type: Article

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