Development and evaluation of a diatom-based Index of Biotic Integrity for the Interior Plateau Ecoregion, USA

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 990-1008

  Wang, Yi Kuang ^a,c   Stevenson, R Jan ^a   Metzmeier, Lythia ^b,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kentucky Division of Water   (United States)

^c NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Texas Natural Resource Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Environmental assessment; Index of Biotic Integrity; Indicators; Interior Plateau Ecoregion; Metrics; Streams

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; STREAM;

INTERIOR PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; IBIS;

EID: 28844508238     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/03-028.1     Document Type: Article

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