Comparison of macroinvertebrate-derived stream quality metrics between snag and riffle habitats

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 670-678

  Stepenuck, Kristine F ^a,b   Crunkilton, Ronald L ^a   Bozek, Michael A ^a   Wang, Lizhu ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Bureau of Science Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Land use; Macroinvertebrate community assemblages; Riffles; Snags; Streams; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY ASSEMBLAGES; RIFFLES;

WATER QUALITY;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AMPHIPOD; BEETLE; BENTHOS; CADDISFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DIVERSITY INDEX; HABITAT QUALITY; ISOPOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIFFLE; SNAG; STREAM; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AMPHIPODA; CAECIDOTEA INTERMEDIA; CHEUMATOPSYCHE; COLEOPTERA; ELMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PSEUDOLIMNAEUS; HYALELLA AZTECA; HYDROPSYCHE BETTENI; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; ISOPODA; OPTIOSERVUS; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 44049096708     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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