Biological assessments of Appalachian streams based on predictive models for fish, macroinvertebrate, and diatom assemblages

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-37

  Carlisle, Daren M ^a   Hawkins, Charles P ^b   Meador, Michael R ^a   Potapova, Marina ^c   Falcone, James ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological assessment; Biological indicators; Biological monitoring; Diatoms; Fish; Land use; Macroinvertebrates; National Water Quality Assessment; O E; Predictive models; RIVPACS

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER BASIN; STREAM;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 38949158010     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/06-081.1     Document Type: Article

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