A comparison of algal, macroinvertebrate, and fish assemblage indices for assessing low-level nutrient enrichment in wadeable Ozark streams

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 627-638

  Justus, B G ^a   Petersen, James C ^a   Femmer, Suzanne R ^a   Davis, Jerri V ^a   Wallace, J E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Biotic index; Cattle; Fish; Macroinvertebrate; Metric; Nutrient; Poultry

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC INDEX; BIOTIC SAMPLES; CAPACITY INCREASE; CATTLE FEEDING; CATTLE PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH CATCH; HETEROTROPHS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MICROPTERUS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; OZARK STREAMS; POULTRY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION AREA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SCATTER PLOTS; STRONGEST RELATIONS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECISION MAKING; FISH; MEATS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; STREAM FLOW;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGA; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH BIOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POULTRY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYNERGISM;

OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BAETIDAE; BOS; CYMBELLA; HEXAPODA; MICROPTERUS; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 75349096655     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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