Diatom responses to watershed development and potential moderating effects of near-stream forest and wetland cover

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 230-249

  Smucker, Nathan J ^a   Detenbeck, Naomi E ^a   Morrison, Alisa C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Boosted regression trees; Impervious cover; Management practices; Metrics; Nutrients; Periphyton; Riparian buffer; Streams; Threshold; TITAN; Urban

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIATOM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERIPHYTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAM; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84876123415     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-171.1     Document Type: Article

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