Linking stream and landscape trajectories in the southern Appalachians

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 17-36

  Gardiner, Edward P ^a,b   Sutherland, Andrew B ^c   Bixby, Rebecca J ^d   Scott, Mark C ^e   Meyer, Judy L ^b   Helfman, Gene S ^b   Benfield, E Fred ^f   Pringle, Cathy M ^b   Bolstad, Paul V ^g   Wear, David N ^h  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic response; Catchment classification; Ecological forecasting; Land use change; Stream ecology; Water chemistry; Water shed

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING; LAND USE CHANGE; STREAM ECOLOGY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LABELS; LAND USE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CATCHMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SAMPLING; STREAMWATER; TESTING METHOD; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FAUNA; FISH; FORECASTING; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORTH CAROLINA; RIVERS; TREES; UNITED STATES;

CLASSIFICATION; DISSOLVING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; LABELS; LAND USE; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER SHEDS;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PISCES;

EID: 68649083075     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0460-x     Document Type: Article

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