Assessing invertebrate responses to human activities: Evaluating alternative approaches

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 212-231

  Fore, Leska S ^a   Karr, James R ^a   Wisseman, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Aquatic Biology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; B IBI; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biological integrity; Biological monitoring; Disturbance; Multivariate statistics; Oregon; Streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000405915     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467949     Document Type: Review

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