Effects of locally rare taxa on the precision and sensitivity of RIVPACS bioassessment of freshwaters

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1924-1940

  Clarke, R T ^a   Murphy, J F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expected probabilities; Replicate sampling; River Invertebrate Prediction and Classification System; Statistical power; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; PRECISION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RARE SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748749692     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01611.x     Document Type: Article

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