Response of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to highway construction in an Appalachian watershed

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-131

  Hedrick, Lara B ^a   Welsh, Stuart A ^a   Anderson, James T ^a   Lin, Lian Shin ^b   Chen, Yushun ^b   Wei, Xinchao ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia streams; BACI; Benthic macroinvertebrate; Corridor H; Highway construction; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BACI; BIOTIC COMMUNITY; BIOTIC INDEX; BIOTIC INTEGRITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONSTRUCTION PHASE; DATA ANALYSIS; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; ON-STREAM; POST CONSTRUCTION; RIVER WATERSHEDS; STREAM HABITATS; STUDY DESIGN; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TRICHOPTERA; WEST VIRGINIA;

ECOLOGY; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; ZOOBENTHOS;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 76349121300     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0070-9     Document Type: Article

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