Geomorphology, habitat, and spatial location influences on fish and macroinvertebrate communities in modified channels of an agriculturally-dominated watershed in Ohio, USA

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-46

  D'Ambrosio, Jessica L ^a   Williams, Lance R ^a,b   Williams, Marsha G ^a,b   Witter, Jonathan D ^a   Ward, Andrew D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ditches; Fishes; Geomorphology; Habitat; Macroinvertebrates; Patch dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MODELS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DITCHES; HABITAT; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL MODELING; PATCH DYNAMICS; SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS;

FISH;

EID: 84899860190     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.037     Document Type: Article

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