A new method to establish scoring criteria of the Index of Biotic Integrity

Zoological Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 240-250

  Liang, Shih Hsiung ^a   Menzel, Bruce W ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological indicator; Community ecology; Environmental assessment; Index of Biotic Integrity; Stream fishes

Indexed keywords

PISCES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031534910     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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