Comparison of three qualitative habitat indices and their applicability to prairie streams

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 348-361

  Stauffer, Joseph C ^a   Goldstein, Robert M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT INDEX; METHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; PRAIRIE STREAM; QUALITATIVE HABITAT EVALUATION INDEX; RAPID BIOASSESSMENT PROTOCOL; RIPERIAN CHANNEL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INVENTORY;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0030776267     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1997)017<0348:COTQHI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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