Non-wadeable river bioassessment: Spatial variation of benthic diatom assemblages in Pacific Northwest rivers, USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 684, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 241-260

  Pan, Yangdong ^a   Hughes, Robert M ^b,c   Herlihy, Alan T ^d   Kaufmann, Philip R ^d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Amnis Opes Institute   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic diatoms; Non wadeable rivers; Pacific Northwest; River littoral zones

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA;

EID: 84856757151     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0990-z     Document Type: Article

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