Development of diatom indicators of ecological conditions for streams of the western US

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1000-1016

  Stevenson, R Jan ^a   Pan, Yangdong ^b   Manoylov, Kalina M ^a,e   Parker, Christian A ^b   Larsen, David P ^c,f   Herlihy, Alan T ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Diatoms; Indicators; Nutrients; Sediments; Streams; Stressors; Western US

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONDUCTIVITY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STREAM; TOLERANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 57649135129     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/08-040.1     Document Type: Article

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