Estimates and comparisons of the effects of sampling variation using 'national' macroinvertebrate sampling protocols on the precision of metrics used to assess ecological status

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 477-503

  Clarke, Ralph T ^a   Davy Bowker, John ^a   Sandin, Leonard ^b   Friberg, Nikolai ^c   Johnson, Richard K ^b   Bis, Barbara ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrate metrics; PERLA; Replicate sampling variation; RIVPACS; STAR AQEM; Uncertainty; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; METRIC SYSTEM; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MACROINVERTEBRATE METRICS; PERLA; REPLICATE SAMPLING VARIATION; RIVPACS; STAR-AQEM; UNCERTAINTY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SAMPLING; STREAM;

AUSTRIA; BALTIC STATES; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; POLAND; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746049829     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0076-5     Document Type: Article

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