Correlations of watershed housing density with environmental conditions and fish assemblages in a tennessee ridge and valley stream

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 553-561

  Cookson, Nicholas ^a   Schorr, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PH; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN HOUSING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

HAMILTON COUNTY [TENNESSEE]; MOUNTAIN CREEK; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249109843     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2009.9664332     Document Type: Article

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