Environmental indicators of habitat quality in a migratory freshwater fish fauna

Environmental Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 357-374

  McDowall, Robert M ^a   Taylor, Mark J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diadromy; Environmental indicators; Freshwater fishes; Index of biotic integrity; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC INTEGRITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; HABITAT QUALITY;

BIOMARKERS; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

WATER QUALITY;

FRESH WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES;

DATA ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAUNA; FISH; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; REVIEW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 0033999420     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679910028     Document Type: Review

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