Multinomial regression for analyzing macroinvertebrate assemblage composition data

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 681-694

  Qian, Song S ^a   Cuffney, Thomas F ^b   McMahon, Gerald ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic macroinvertebrates; disturbance; functional groups; generalized linear model; multinomial distribution; multinomial regression; species tolerance; urbanization

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METROPOLITAN AREA; RARE SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SUCCESSION; TOLERANCE; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882990154     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-026.1     Document Type: Article

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