Contemplating the assessment of great river ecosystems

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 103, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 5-20

  Bolgrien, David W ^a   Angradi, Ted R ^a   Schweiger, E William ^a   Kelly, John R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological assessment; Ecological indicators; Ecosystem monitoring; EMAP; Great Rivers

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RIVERS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; PERTURBATION WROUGHT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (USEPA);

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RIVER WATER;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GOVERNMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LAW; METHODOLOGY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 16344381031     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-1009-x     Document Type: Article

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