An ecological assessment of Great Lakes tributaries in the Michigan Peninsulas

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 505-519

  Riseng, Catherine M ^a   Wiley, Michael J ^a   Seelbach, Paul W ^b   Stevenson, R Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological assessment; Great Lakes; Michigan; Normalization; Regional assessment; Tributaries

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS; GREAT LAKES; MICHIGAN; NORMALIZATION; REGIONAL ASSESSMENT; TRIBUTARIES;

ECOLOGY; LAND USE;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POINT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM; TRIBUTARY; WATERSHED;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956180424     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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