Long-term historical analysis of benthic communities and physical habitat in an agricultural stream in California's San Joaquin River watershed

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 543-556

  Hall Jr , Lenwood W ^a   Killen, William D ^a   Alden, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural stream; Benthic communities; Physical habitat; San Joaquin watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL STREAMS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; BANK STABILITY; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC METRICS; CALIFORNIA; CANONICAL DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; CHIRONOMIDS; EMBEDDEDNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT QUALITY; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; OR-CAUSALITY; PHYSICAL HABITAT; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; SITE EFFECTS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL TRENDS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TAXONOMIC RICHNESS; TEMPORAL EFFECTS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TOLERANCE VALUES; TRICHOPTERA; UPSTREAM SITES;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGY;

RIVER WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRESS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLY; HABITAT; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; STREAM (RIVER); TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 70449641701     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520902784542     Document Type: Article

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