Using fish communities to assess streams in Romania: Initial development of an index of biotic integrity

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 511, Issue , 2004, Pages 65-78

  Angermeier, Paul L ^a   Davideanu, Grigore ^b  

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

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biotic integrity; Environmental assessment; Fish communities; Romania; Streams

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; WATER QUALITY;

EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; MULTIMETRIC BIOTIC INDICES; PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS; SITE-QUALITY INDEX (SQI);

OCEAN HABITATS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; STREAM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 1542351699     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000014030.18386.65     Document Type: Article

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