Long-Term variability in bioassessments: A twenty-year study from two northern california streams

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1269-1286

  Mazor, Raphael D ^a,b   Purcell, Alison H ^a,c   Resh, Vincent H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual variability; Biomonitoring; Climate; Index of biotic integrity (IBI); Indices; Metrics; O E scores

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIABILITY; BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY (IBI); INDICES; METRICS; O/E SCORES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANGE FINDING; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

METRIC SYSTEM;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEETLE; BIOMONITORING; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STREAM (RIVER);

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; SEASONS; TIME;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA;

EID: 67349102646     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9294-8     Document Type: Article

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