Unlocking the relationship of biotic integrity of impaired waters to anthropogenic stresses

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 184-198

  Novotny, Vladimir ^a   Bartošová, Alena ^b   O'Reilly, Neal ^c   Ehlinger, Timothy ^d  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c Brookfield WI 53045 6190 USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic assessment endpoints; Ecological risk; Hierarchical ecologic models; Index of biotic integrity; Maximum species richness; Water body integrity

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTATION;

BIOTIC COMPOSITION; IMPAIRED WATER; INDICES OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY (IBI); POLLUTANTS;

WATER;

WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATERSHED;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; IBIS; RIPARIA;

EID: 10944235429     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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