The status of the macroinvertebrate community in the St. Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin: An examination of ecological health using techniques of multivariate analysis

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 311-325

  Boyle, Terence P ^a   Strand, Matthew ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural impacts; Canonical correspondence analysis; Sequential procedures; Triplot analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011167691     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146349801753509203     Document Type: Article

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