First steps in developing a multimetric macroinvertebrate index for the Ohio River

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 683-697

  Applegate, Jeromy M ^a,d   Baumann, Paul C ^b   Emery, Erich B ^c   Wooten, Matthew S ^d  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission   (United States)

^d Northern Kentucky Sanitation District No 1 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biological monitoring; Biotic integrity; Large river; Multimetric index; Ohio River

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DEGRADATION; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848837277     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1011     Document Type: Article

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