Determining a Regional Framework for Assessing Biotic Integrity of Virginia Streams

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-35

  Smogor, Roy A ^a,c   Angermeier, Paul L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Illinois Environmental Protection Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INDEX METHOD; STREAM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035014577     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2001)130<0018:DARFFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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