Fish and amphibian tolerance values and an assemblage tolerance index for streams and rivers in the Western USA

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 254-271

  Whittier, Thomas R ^a   Hughes, Robert M ^a   Lomnicky, Gregg A ^b   Peck, David V ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER; STREAM; TOLERANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; IBIS;

EID: 33847347549     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-094.1     Document Type: Article

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