Effects of biotic assemblage, classification, and assessment method on bioassessment performance

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 394-411

  Mazor, Raphael D ^a   Reynoldson, Trefor B ^b   Rosenberg, David M ^c   Resh, Vincent H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION MONITORING; SCALE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645113492     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-222     Document Type: Article

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