Controlling for natural variability in assessing the response of fish metrics to human pressures for lakes in north-east USA

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 633-646

  Irz, Pascal ^a   De Bortoli, Julien ^a   Michonneau, François ^a,d   Whittier, Thomas R ^b   Oberdorff, Thierry ^c   Argillier, Christine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d 223 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Functional guilds; Impact; Index of biotic integrity; Land use; Lentic systems; Urbanization; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND USE; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

IBIS;

EID: 50149112813     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.859     Document Type: Article

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