Measuring the amount of statistical information in the EPT index

Environmetrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-59

  Kitchin, Patty L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aquatic biomonitoring; EPT index; Expected efficiency; Statistical information; Sufficiency

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

EID: 12444323127     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.670     Document Type: Article

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