Defining quantitative stream disturbance gradients and the additive role of habitat variation to explain macroinvertebrate taxa richness

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-57

  Ligeiro, Raphael ^a   Hughes, Robert M ^b   Kaufmann, Philip R ^c   MacEdo, Diego R ^a,d   Firmiano, Kele R ^a   Ferreira, Wander R ^a   Oliveira, Déborah ^a   Melo, Adriano S ^e   Callisto, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Catchment disturbances; Disturbance indices; EPT assemblages; Local disturbances; Reference condition approach; Stream habitats

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE INDEX; EPT ASSEMBLAGES; LOCAL DISTURBANCES; REFERENCE CONDITION APPROACHES; STREAM HABITATS;

CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CATCHMENT; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROHABITAT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL;

EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84866864677     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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