Extracting knowledge on the links between the water body stressors and biotic integrity

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 4041-4050

  Manolakos, Elias ^a   Virani, Hardik ^b   Novotny, Vladimir ^c  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MATHWORKS INC   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); Fish metrics; Index of biotic integrity (IBI); Self organizing map (SOM); Stressors; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; DEGRADATION; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS; BIOTIC INTEGRITY; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; WATER BODY STRESSORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS; WATERSHED;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FISH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

IBIS; PISCES;

EID: 34548700142     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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