A proposed framework for developing indicators of ecosystem health

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 1-44

  Cairns Jr , John ^a   McCormick, Paul V ^a   Niederlehner, B R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological indicator; environmental health; linkages; socioeconomic indicator

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION;

EID: 0027797467     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00006084     Document Type: Article

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