Field and laboratory performance characteristics of a new protocol for sampling riverine macroinvertebrate assemblages

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-387

  Blocksom, Karen A ^a   Flotemersch, Joseph E ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field method; Macroinvertebrates; Non wadeable streams; Precision; Rivers; Sampling variability; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DATA QUALITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD SURVEY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER;

EID: 45149129500     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1073     Document Type: Article

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