Environmental factors structuring benthic macro invertebrate communities of agricultural ditches in Maryland

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 802-812

  Leslie, Alan W ^a   Smith, Robert F ^a   Ruppert, David E ^b   Bejleri, Kreshnik ^b   McGrath, Joshua M ^b   Needelman, Brian A ^b   Lamp, William O ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; drainage ditch; macroinvertebrate; nutrients; water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW VELOCITY; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865438547     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN12049     Document Type: Article

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