Assessment of wadeable stream resources in the driftless area ecoregion in Western Wisconsin using a probabilistic sampling design

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 75-89

  Miller, Michael A ^a   Colby, Alison C C ^a   Kanehl, Paul D ^a   Blocksom, Karen ^b  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological assessment; Driftless ecoregion; Probability survey design; Stream assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRIFTLESS ECOREGION; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; IN-STREAM HABITATS; LAND AREAS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PHYSICAL HABITATS; PROBABILISTIC SAMPLINGS; PROBABILITY SURVEY DESIGN; RANDOM SAMPLES; RANDOM SAMPLINGS; REFERENCE CONDITIONS; REFERENCE SITES; ROAD CROSSINGS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; STREAM ASSESSMENT; STREAM ORDERS; STREAM SITES; WATER CHEMISTRIES; WATERSHED LANDS;

CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE); DEGRADATION; DESIGN; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LAND USE; OCEAN HABITATS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER ANALYSIS;

SAMPLING;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROBABILITY; STREAM; SURVEY DESIGN; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; PROBABILITY; RIVERS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WISCONSIN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 60349130029     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0679-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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