Improving the description of human activities potentially affecting rural stream ecosystems

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-382

  Yates, Adam G ^a,b   Bailey, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Bioassessment; Fish; Headwater basins; Human activity gradient; Human environment description; Rural environment

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RURAL ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 77952741101     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9413-1     Document Type: Article

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