Measuring redundancy in data from pollution impact studies

Environmental Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 415-420

  Saiz Salinas, José I ^a   González Oreja, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burrow counts; Cost effectiveness; Faunal surveys; Hypoxia; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; POLLUTION IMPACT STUDIES;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION CONTROL; REDUNDANCY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METHODOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FAUNA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENT; SEWER; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0345411641     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900243     Document Type: Article

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