Assessing estuarine benthic quality conditions in Chesapeake Bay: A comparison of three indices

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-403

  Borja, A ^a   Dauer, D M ^b   Diaz R ^c   Llanso R J ^d   Muxika, I ^a   Rodriguez J G ^a   Schaffner, L ^c  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d VERSAR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

AMBI; B IBI; Biotic indices; Chesapeake Bay; Comparison of methods; Ecological integrity; M AMBI

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LINEAR REGRESSION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BENTHIC INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY (B-IBI); BIOTIC INDICES; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; TIDAL FRESHWATER;

ESTUARIES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749115818     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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