Environmental and spatial influences on benthic community composition in wooded headwater streams in Zoar Valley, New York, USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 630, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 313-326

  Diggins, Thomas P ^a   Newman, April M ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental variation; First order streams; Macroinvertebrates; NMDS; QHEI; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION; FIRST-ORDER STREAMS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; NMDS; QHEI; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION;

CATCHMENTS; CORRELATION DETECTORS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OCEAN HABITATS;

ECOLOGY;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GPS; HEADWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATERSHED;

CORRELATION; ECOLOGY; FILTERS; FORESTRY; SAMPLING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREAM FLOW;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; ZOAR VALLEY CANYON;

EID: 67349230906     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9824-7     Document Type: Article

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