Bioassessment of benthic macroinvertebrates in wetland habitats of Lake Saint-Pierre (St. Lawrence River)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-614

  Tall, Laure ^a   Méthot, Ginette ^a   Armellin, Alain ^b   Pinel Alloul, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Emergent vegetation; Sediments; St. Lawrence River; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MOLLUSCS; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; EMERGENT VEGETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; PROPORTION OF VARIANCE; REFERENCE CONDITION APPROACHES; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER;

VEGETATION;

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HABITAT; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; ASELLIDAE; CAENIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDAE; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); VALVATIDAE;

EID: 58649107367     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330-34.4.599     Document Type: Article

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