Science Inventory

ASSESSMENT OF STREAMS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES USING A PERIPHYTON INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY

Citation:

Hill, B. H., A. T. Herlihy, P R. Kaufmann, S DeCelles, AND M. Vander Borgh. ASSESSMENT OF STREAMS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES USING A PERIPHYTON INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY. Presented at 50th Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society, Pittsburgh, PA, May 28-June 1, 2002.

Description:

Benthic algae were collected from 286 eastern U.S. streams and analyzed for diatom species richness and dominance, the relative abundance of acidobiontic, eutraphentic, and motile diatoms, standing crops of chlorophyll and biomass, and alkaline phosphatase activity.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( PRESENTATION/ ABSTRACT)
Product Published Date:05/28/2002
Record Last Revised:06/06/2005
Record ID: 80704