Changes in macroinvertebrate community structure and function along a phosphorus gradient in the Florida Everglades

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 529, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-132

  McCormick, Paul V ^a   Shuford III, Robert B E ^a   Rawlik, Peter S ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; impact assessment; macroinvertebrates; nutrients; phosphorus; wetlands

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN (DO); MACROINVERTEBRATES;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SAMPLING; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; DIPTERA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TRICHOPTERA; TYPHA;

EID: 8744256476     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-5737-7     Document Type: Review

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