Comparison of a Habitat Productivity Index (HPI) and an Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) for measuring the productive capacity of fish habitat in nearshore areas of the Great Lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 240-255

  Randall, Robert G ^a   Minns, Charles K ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish habitat; Habitat Productivity Index; Index of Biotic Integrity; Lake Erie; Lake Ontario

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; OCEAN HABITATS; PORTS AND HARBORS; WETLANDS;

BIOTIC INTEGRITY;

LAKES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; HABITAT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INDEX METHOD; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM;

GREAT LAKES (LAKE ERIE); GREAT LAKES (LAKE ONTARIO); NORTH AMERICA;

PISCES;

EID: 0036296276     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(02)70580-7     Document Type: Article

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