Patterns of macro-invertebrate assemblages in a long-term watershed-scale study to address the effects of pulp and paper mill discharges in four US receiving streams

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-258

  Flinders, Camille A ^a   Minshall, G Wayne ^b   Ragsdale, Renee L ^a   Hall, Timothy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bray Curtis; Community structure; Multidimensional scaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; PAPER; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVERTEBRATES; PAPER; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 63849300850     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-056.1     Document Type: Article

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