Adequacy of visually classified particle count statistics from regional stream habitat surveys

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1293-1315

  Faustini, John M ^a   Kaufmann, Philip R ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitat; Monitoring; Pebble counts; Sampling precision; Streambed sediment; Visual classification

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC HABITAT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT QUALITY; REGIONAL ASSESSMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PEBBLE;

EID: 34548678409     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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