Accurately defining the reference condition for summary biotic metrics: A comparison of four approaches

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 572, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-170

  Kennard, M J ^a   Harch, B D ^b   Pusey, B J ^a   Arthington, A H ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Classification and Regression Trees; Freshwater fish; Generalised Linear Modelling; Maximum species richness line; Precision; River health; Simple Linear Regression

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES; FRESHWATER FISH; GENERALISED LINEAR MODELING; MAXIMUM SPECIES RICHNESS LINE; PRECISION; RIVER HEALTH; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION;

WATER RESOURCES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748515070     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0998-3     Document Type: Article

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