Multilevel regression models describing regional patterns of invertebrate and algal responses to urbanization across the USA

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 797-819

  Cuffney, Thomas F ^a   Kashuba, Roxolana ^b   Qian, Song S ^b   Alameddine, Ibrahim ^b   Cha, Yoon Kyung ^b   Lee, Boknam ^b   Coles, James F ^a   McMahon, Gerard ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; algae; benthic macroinvertebrates; diatoms; Multilevel hierarchical regression; multiple spatial scales; urbanization

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; DIATOM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METROPOLITAN AREA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 79960205981     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-140.1     Document Type: Article

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