Relating land cover and urban patterns to aquatic ecological integrity: A spatial analysis

Geographia Technica

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-90

  Shaker, R R ^a   Craciun A I ^b   Grǎdinaru, Ionela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Fish index of biotic integrity; Landscape pattern; Spatial analysis; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 77953247428     PISSN: 18425135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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