Macroinvertebrate tolerance values and an assemblage tolerance index (ATI) for western USA streams and rivers

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 852-866

  Whittier, Thomas R ^a   Van Sickle, John ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

assemblage tolerance index; human disturbance; macroinvertebrates; rivers; streams; tolerance values; western USA

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; STREAM; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954882072     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-160.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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