Identifying regional differences in threshold responses of aquatic invertebrates to land cover gradients

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 556-567

  Utz, Ryan M ^a   Hilderbrand, Robert H ^a   Boward, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use; Macroinvertebrates; Physiography; Streams; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS; ANALYSIS METHODS; AQUATIC BIODIVERSITIES; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; COASTAL PLAINS; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; IMPERVIOUS SURFACES; LAND COVERS; LOWER LIMIT OF DETECTIONS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MARYLAND , USA; PHYSIOGRAPHY; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; STREAMS; THRESHOLDS; UPPER LIMITS; URBAN DEVELOPMENTS; URBAN LAND COVERS; WATERSHED LANDS;

LANDFORMS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL PLAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PIEDMONT; STREAM; THRESHOLD; TOLERANCE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 57749119394     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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