Connecting ground water influxes with fish species diversity in an urbanized watershed

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1269-1275

  Steffy, Luanne Y ^a,b   McGinty, Angela L ^c,d   Welty, Claire ^e,f   Kilham, Susan S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Susquehanna River Basin Commission   (United States)

^c Drexel University   (United States)

^d US Geological Survey WRD   (United States)

^e Ctr Urban Environ Res and Educ   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Fish communities; Ground water hydrology; Species diversity; Springs; Urban watersheds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS; FISHERIES; FLOW OF WATER; MARINE BIOLOGY; RIVERS; URBAN PLANNING; WATERSHEDS;

GROUND WATER INFLUXES; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVER (ISC); SPECIES DIVERSITY INDEX;

GROUNDWATER;

FISH; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPRING WATER; URBAN DRAINAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; SCHUYLKILL COUNTY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 7044228001     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01585.x     Document Type: Article

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