An Index of Biological Integrity for Northern Mid-Atlantic Slope Drainages

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1044-1060

  Daniels, Robert A ^a   Riva Murray, Karen ^b   Halliwell, David B ^c   Vana Miller, David L ^d   Bilger, Michael D ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Maine Department of Environmental Protection   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INDEX METHOD; STREAM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PISCES; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0036853368     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2002)131<1044:AIOBIF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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