Detection of ecological change using multiple organism groups: Metrics and uncertainty

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-137

  Johnson, Richard K ^a   Hering, Daniel ^b   Furse, Mike T ^c   Clarke, Ralph T ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Metrics; Monitoring; Streams; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METRIC SYSTEM; MONITORING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BIOASSESSMENT; METRICS; STREAMS; UNCERTAINTY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; STREAM; STRESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33746054472     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0101-8     Document Type: Article

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