Evaluation of multi-metric bioassessment as an approach for assessing impacts of entrainment and impingement under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 107-115

  Jacobson, Paul T ^a  

^a Langhei Ecology LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

316(b); Bioassessment; Ecological dynamics; Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI); Multi metric indices; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039770013     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1462-9011(00)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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