A performance comparison of metric scoring methods for a multimetric index for Mid-Atlantic Highlands streams

Environmental Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 670-682

  Blocksom, Karen A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Index performance; Metric scoring; Mid Atlantic highlands; Multimetric index; Standardizing

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

BIOLOGICAL METRICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDEX METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STREAMWATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EVALUATION; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0042265608     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2949-3     Document Type: Article

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