Selecting objectively defined reference sites for stream bioassessment programs

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 129-140

  Yates, Adam Gordon ^a,b   Bailey, Robert C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best available; Geographic information system; Human activity gradient; Reference sites; Rural Southwestern Ontario; Site selection

Indexed keywords

BEST AVAILABLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ONTARIO; REFERENCE SITES;

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RURAL AREAS;

SITE SELECTION;

BIOASSAY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLASSIFICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REFERENCE SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; SITE SELECTION; STREAM;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; FARMING SYSTEM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; LIVESTOCK; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; STREAM (RIVER); WATERSHED;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77957653319     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1221-1     Document Type: Article

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