Assessing the performance of volunteers in monitoring streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 109-123

  Fore, Leska S ^a   Paulsen, Kit ^b   O'Laughlin, Kate ^c  

^a Statistical Design   (United States)

^b King County Land and Water Resources Division ^*  (United States)

^c Water and Land Resources Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizens; Macroinvertebrates; Power analysis; Streams

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; ZOOBENTHOS;

EPHEMEROPTERA; INSECTA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0035145506     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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