Using the normal range as a criterion for ecological significance in environmental monitoring and assessment

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 542-550

  Kilgour, Bruce W ^a,c   Somers, Keith M ^b,d   Matthews, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c Water Systems Analysts   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criteria; Impact assessment; Monitoring; Normal range; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032454109     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682485     Document Type: Article

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