Precision of benthic macroinvertebrate indicators of stream condition in Montana

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-67

  Stribling, James B ^a   Jessup, Benjamin K ^a   Feldman, David L ^b  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b Montana Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological assessment; Data quality; Field sampling; MQO; Multimetric index; O E; Performance characteristics; Repeatability; RIVPACS

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; STREAM;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949099317     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-037R.1     Document Type: Article

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