SQMCI: A biotic index for freshwater macroinvertebrate coded-abundance data

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-66

  Stark, John D ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Benthic invertebrates; Biological monitoring; Biotic indices; Sampling

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032444859     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516805     Document Type: Article

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