Macroinvertebrate community condition associated with the severity of streamflow alteration

River Research and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-39

  Carlisle, D M ^a   Nelson, S M ^b   Eng, K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological integrity; Hydrologic alteration; Macroinvertebrates; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84891826555     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2626     Document Type: Article

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