Characterizing invertebrate traits in wadeable streams of the contiguous US: Differences among ecoregions and land uses

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1042-1056

  Zuellig, R E ^a,b   Schmidt, T S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ecoregion; invertebrate; land use; least disturbed; streams; traits

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84877151424     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-150.1     Document Type: Article

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