A comparison of natural and created depressional wetlands in Central Oklahoma using metrics from indices of biological integrity

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 794-805

  Hartzell, Dena ^a,b   Bidwell, Joseph R ^b   Davis, Craig A ^b  

^a Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Created wetland; Depressional wetlands; IBI; Macroinvertebrate; Natural wetland; Seasonal differences; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); AVES; CORIXIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 55949129976     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[794:ACONAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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