Signals from the benthos: Development and evaluation of a benthic index for the nearshore Gulf of Maine

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 338-350

  Hale, Stephen S ^a   Heltshe, James F ^b  

^a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b 3D Group for Interactive Visualization   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic index; Gulf of Maine; Logistic regression; Positive and negative predictive values; ROC curves; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CURVE FITTING; DATA STRUCTURES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BENTHIC INDICES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NATIONAL COASTAL ASSESSMENTS; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; ROC CURVES;

COASTAL ZONES;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MODELING; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SIGNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TESTING METHOD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CASCO BAY; GULF OF MAINE; MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAPITELLA; CAPITELLIDA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 39749111304     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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