Spatial factors contribute to benthic diatom structure in streams across spatial scales: Considerations for biomonitoring

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1191-1203

  Smucker, Nathan J ^a,b   Vis, Morgan L ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage (AMD); Biogeography; Biological indicator; Land use; Metrics; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BENTHIC DIATOMS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMONITORING; COVARIABLES; DATA SETS; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; DIATOM COMMUNITIES; ECOREGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; METRICS; MULTIPLE SCALE; MULTIPLE SPECIES; REGIONAL SCALE; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SPATIAL FACTORS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIABLES; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SPECIES-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPS; TOTAL VARIATION;

DRAINAGE; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALKALINITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STREAMWATER;

ALLEGHENY PLATEAU; APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; LEADING CREEK; OHIO; SHADE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79955828872     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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