Development of dual fish multi-metric indices of biological condition for streams with characteristic thermal gradients and low species richness

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 565-571

  Kanno, Y ^a   Vokoun, J C ^a   Beauchene, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Fish; Index of biotic integrity (IBI); Landuse; Multi metric indices (MMI); Southern New England; Streams; Thermal gradients

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY (IBI); MULTI-METRIC INDICES (MMI); NEW ENGLAND;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FISH; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; MEATS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

BIOMONITORING; DRAINAGE; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND USE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; WATERSHED;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75349088396     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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