Covariation of stream community structure and biomass of algae, invertebrates and fish with forest cover at multiple spatial scales

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2139-2154

  Stephenson, Jaynie M ^a   Morin, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Bioassessment; Fish; Geographic information systems; Streams

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349126640     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02142.x     Document Type: Article

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