An estuarine benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI) for Chesapeake Bay

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 149-158

  Weisberg, Stephen B ^a,d   Ranasinghe, J Ananda ^a   Dauer, Daniel M ^b   Schaffner, Linda C ^c   Diaz, Robert J ^c   Frithsen, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a VERSAR INC   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; BENTHOS; BIOTIC INTEGRITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0030620714     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352728     Document Type: Article

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