Assessing ecological integrity of Ozark rivers to determine suitability for protective status

Environmental Management

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 799-810

  Radwell, Andrea J ^a   Kwak, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidegradation; Biotic integrity; Ecological integrity; Ozarks; Reference conditions; River bioassessment; Wild and Scenic Rivers

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; NITRATES; RESTORATION; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; HEADWATER; IN-STREAM HABITATS; ORDINAL SCALING;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

NITRATE; RIVER WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOREST; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; OWNERSHIP; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 20744437480     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0136-4     Document Type: Article

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