A biotic index for New Zealand's soft-bottomed streams

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-61

  Stark, John D ^a   Maxted, John R ^b,c  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental variables; Habitat; Land use; Low gradient; Macroinvertebrates; Macrophytes; Organic pollution; Pollution tolerance; Submerged wood; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 34247495134     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330709509895     Document Type: Article

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