Assessment of best-management practice effects on rangeland stream water quality using multivariate statistical techniques

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-386

  Ellison, Christopher A ^a   Skinner, Quentin D ^b   Hicks, Larry S ^c  

^a Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Little Snake River Conservation District   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Drought; Habitat degradation; Impaired stream; Macroinvertebrates; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DATA SET; DROUGHT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMWATER; TURBIDITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

MUDDY CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

PLECOPTERA;

EID: 68249096747     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-026.1     Document Type: Article

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