The STAR common metrics approach to the WFD intercalibration process: Full application for small, lowland rivers in three European countries

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 379-399

  Buffagni, Andrea ^a   Erba, Stefania ^a   Cazzola, Marcello ^a   Murray Bligh, John ^b   Soszka, Hanja ^c   Genoni, Pietro ^d  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d ARPA Lombardia Regional Environment Protection Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Harmonization; Intercalibration; Invertebrates; Multimetric

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; METRIC SYSTEM; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BOUNDARIES; HARMONIZATION; INTERCALIBRATION; INVERTEBRATES; MULTIMETRIC;

RIVERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33746035715     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0082-7     Document Type: Article

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