Examining the impacts of changing land use on biological integrity in streams using Geographical Information Systems and statistical modeling

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-242

  Goddard, Megan A ^a   Post, Christopher J ^a   English, William R ^a   Pike, Jeremy W ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction sites; Correlation; In stream habitat; Multivariate; Univariate

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849133741     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980802111557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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