Development of a multimetric index for assessing the biological condition of the Ohio River

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 791-808

  Emery, Erich B ^a   Simon, Thomas P ^b   McCormick, Frank H ^c   Angermeier, Paul L ^d   Deshon, Jeffrey E ^e   Yoder, Chris O ^f   Sanders, Randall E ^g   Pearson, William D ^h   Hickman, Gary D ⁱ   Reash, Robin J ^j   Thomas, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f Center for Applied Bioassessment and Biocriteria   (United States)

^g OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

ⁱ TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

^j AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTROFISHING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INDEX METHOD; RIVER WATER;

UNITED STATES;

BARBUS; CATOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 0041813092     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T01-076     Document Type: Article

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