Quantifying stream ecosystem condition: New approaches to developing decision criteria and diagnostic tools

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-235

  Kilgour, B W ^a   Barton, D R ^a   Dixon, D G ^a   Duthie, H C ^a   Fitzgerald, D G ^a   Goebel, B ^a   Lanno, R P ^a,b   Rott, E ^c   Winter, J G ^a  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; STREAM FLOW;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS MONITORING (AEEM) PROGRAMS; DECISION CRITERIA TOOLS; DECISION DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS;

WATERSHEDS;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030235541     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj2103229     Document Type: Article

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