Simulating biological impairment to evaluate the accuracy of ecological indicators

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 954-965

  Cao, Yong ^a   Hawkins, Charles P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Human disturbances; Indicators; NMDS; Ordination; Simulation; Stream macroinvertebrate; Taxa richness; Tolerance values

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ORDINATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 28444479464     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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