The Index of Biological Integrity and the bootstrap: Can random sampling error affect stream impairment decisions?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 527-537

  Dolph, Christine L ^a   Sheshukov, Aleksey Y ^b   Chizinski, Christopher J ^a   Vondracek, Bruce ^a   Wilson, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Fish; Multimetric; Nonparametric; Rare; Streams; Variability

Indexed keywords

BIOASSESSMENT; MULTIMETRIC; NONPARAMETRIC; RARE; STREAMS; VARIABILITY;

FISH; MEATS; PERSONNEL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

IBIS;

EID: 70449133414     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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