Utility of biological monitoring for detection of timber harvest effects on streams and evaluation of Best Management Practices: A review

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 634-646

  Fortino, Kenneth ^a,b   Hershey, Anne E ^a   Goodman, Keli J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Multimetric; Predictive modeling; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STREAM; TIMBER HARVESTING;

EID: 4944244537     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0634:UOBMFD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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