Use of periphyton assemblage data as an index of biotic integrity

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-67

  Hill, B H ^a   Herlihy, A T ^b   Kaufmann, P R ^a,b   Stevenson, R J ^c,d   McCormick, F H ^a   Burch Johnson, C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMAP; IBI; Multimetrics; Periphyton; Regional scale; Stream condition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; BIOTIC INTEGRITY INDEX; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERIPHYTON; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ABUNDANCE; PERIPHYTON; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0034161797     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468281     Document Type: Article

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