Catchment-scale effects of forestry practices on benthic invertebrate communities in Pacific coastal streams

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1292-1303

  Zhang, Yixin ^a   Richardson, John S ^b   Pinto, Xavier ^b,c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Rescan Environmental Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic biodiversity; Biomass; Disturbance; Habitats; Logging; Projection to latent structures modelling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHILLIWACK BASIN;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 72849118876     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01718.x     Document Type: Article

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