Small scale application and assessment of a Index of Biotic Integrity for a large boreal river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 177-187

  Long, Jeffrey M ^a   Walker, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal river; Index of biotic integrity; Littoral zone; Modified IBI scoring; PCA; Quartile IBI scoring; Rip rap armouring

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; OCEAN HABITATS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BOREAL RIVER; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LITTORAL ZONES; PCA;

RIVERS;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIPRAP; RIVER ENGINEERING;

PISCES;

EID: 24644482416     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0543-4     Document Type: Article

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