Perspectives on use of a multimetric lake bioassessment integrity index using benthic macroinvertebrates

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-246

  Lewis, Philip A ^a,b   Klemm, Donald J ^a   Thoeny, William T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NERL ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0009781634     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3858374     Document Type: Article

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