Influences of Watershed Land Use on Habitat Quality and Biotic Integrity in Wisconsin Streams

Wang, Lizhu; Lyons, John; Kanehl, Paul; C. Gatti, Ronald

doi:10.1577/1548-8446(1997)022<0006:iowluo>2.0.co;2

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Influences of Watershed Land Use on Habitat Quality and Biotic Integrity in Wisconsin Streams

Published in Fisheries • Jun 1, 1997

Authors:

Lizhu Wang

John Lyons

Paul Kanehl

Abstract

We analyzed relationships between watershed land use and habitat quality, and between watershed land use and biotic integrity for 134 sites on 103 streams located throughout Wisconsin. Habitat quality and index of biotic integrity (IBI) scores were significantly positively correlated with the amount...

Subject

Watershed

Index of biological integrity

Habitat

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