Development of a local-scale urban stream assessment method using benthic macroinvertebrates: An example from the Santa Clara Basin, California

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1007-1021

  Carter, James L ^a   Purcell, Alison H ^b,c   Fend, Steve V ^a   Resh, Vincent H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical partitioning; Multimetric biological index; Predicted biological potential; Quantile regression; Urban gradient

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LAND COVER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; TAXONOMY; URBANIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CLARA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 70450201915     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/08-159.1     Document Type: Article

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