Use of ecological regions in aquatic assessments of ecological condition

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Stoddard, John L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Ecological condition; Ecoregions; Reference condition

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; RIVERS; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS;

AQUATIC ASSESSMENTS; BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ECOREGION-SPECIFIC CRITERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ECOLOGY;

SURFACE WATER;

ECOLOGY; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MONITORING SYSTEM;

ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BIRD; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; LAKE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOIL; STREAM (RIVER); STRESS; SYNECOLOGY; VEGETATION;

CLIMATES; ECOLOGY; FISHES; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVERS; SOIL;

ALGAE; AVES; RIPARIA;

EID: 19844369368     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0193-0     Document Type: Review

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