Impacts of land use on the structure of river macroinvertebrate communities across Tasmania, Australia: Spatial scales and thresholds

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 762-776

  Magierowski, Regina H ^a   Davies, Peter E ^a,b   Read, Steve M ^c   Horrigan, Nelli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Freshwater Systems   (Australia)

^c FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

biological indicators; catchment management; data mining

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA MINING; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; GRAZING; GUIDELINE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84867361167     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF11267     Document Type: Article

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