Models of stream habitat characteristics associated with tubificid populations in an intermountain watershed

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 603, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-158

  Anlauf, Kara J ^a,b   Moffitt, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical habitat assessment; Myxobolus cerebralis; Spatial extent; Stream habitat models; Stream scale; Tubificidae; Whirling disease

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC HABITATS; SPATIAL EXTENTS;

WATERSHEDS;

ANNELID; COEXISTENCE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENDOPARASITE; GIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MICROHABITAT; MODEL TEST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STREAMWATER; WATERSHED;

ANNELIDA; LIMNODRILUS HOFFMEISTERI; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SALMONIDAE; TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 41049092510     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9255-2     Document Type: Article

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