The level of agreement among experts applying best professional judgment to assess the condition of benthic infaunal communities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-394

  Weisberg, Stephen B ^a   Thompson, Bruce ^b   Ranasinghe, J Ananda ^a   Montagne, David E ^c   Cadien, Donald B ^c   Dauer, Daniel M ^d   Diener, Douglas ^e   Oliver, John ^f   Reish, Donald J ^g   Velarde, Ronald G ^h   Word, Jack Q ⁱ  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County   (United States)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Moss Landing Marine Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^f MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h City of San Diego Water Dep   (United States)

ⁱ NewFields Northwest Port Gamble   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Best professional judgment; Indices

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

BENTHIC DATA; BENTHIC INFAUNAL COMMUNITIES; PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT;

ECOLOGY;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BENCHMARKING; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDEX METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ZOOBENTHOS;

EID: 39749151795     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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