Macrophytes as indicators of stream condition in the wet tropics region, Northern Queensland, Australia

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-340

  Mackay, Stephen J ^a   James, Cassandra S ^a   Arthington, Angela H ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoregression; Bioassessment; Land use; Macrophytes; Metrics; Riparian cover

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGRESSION; BIOASSESSMENT; MACROPHYTES; METRICS; RIPARIAN COVER;

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; METRIC SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; TROPICS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CANOPY; CATCHMENT; LAND USE; MACROPHYTE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BRYOPHYTA; CLADOPUS; CYPERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 70449120126     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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