Land use and the structure of western US stream invertebrate assemblages: Predictive models and ecological traits

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 986-999

  Carlisle, D M ^a   Hawkins, C P ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological assessment; Functional traits; Indicators; NAWQA; O E; Predictive models; Rivers; Streams; Tolerance values; WSA

Indexed keywords

BASIN; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STREAM; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 57649140499     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-176.1     Document Type: Article

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