Floristic quality assessment of wisconsin lake plant communities with example applications

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-141

  Nichols, Stanley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Coefficient of conservatism; Ecoregions; Floristic quality; Lake type; Rapid assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005927828     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438149909353957     Document Type: Article

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