Multi-scale mechanistic indicators of Midwestern USA stream macroinvertebrates

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1138-1150

  Hutchens Jr , John J ^a   Schuldt, Jeffrey A ^a   Richards, Carl ^a   Johnson, Lucinda B ^a   Host, George E ^a   Breneman, Dan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Hierarchical; Macroinvertebrate attributes; Midwestern USA; Streams

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; CHANNEL SHAPES; CHANNEL STRUCTURES; CHIRONOMIDS; DEPTH RATIOS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FINE SEDIMENTS; HIERARCHICAL; MACRO-INVERTEBRATES; MACROINVERTEBRATE ATTRIBUTES; MIDWESTERN USA; MULTI-SCALE; ROW-CROP AGRICULTURES; SPATIAL SCALE; STREAM STRUCTURES; STREAMS; TRICHOPTERA;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); LAND USE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLY; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CREEDIIDAE; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 67349257159     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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