Comparison of insect communities between adjacent headwater and main-stem streams in urban and rural watersheds

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-175

  Smith, Robert F ^a   Lamp, William O ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Community similarity; Diversity; Headwater streams; Longitudinal patterns; Redundancy analysis; Richness; Watershed urbanization

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEADWATER; INSECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; URBANIZATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 38949185278     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-071.1     Document Type: Article

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