Incorporating traits in aquatic biomonitoring to enhance causal diagnosis and prediction

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-197

  Culp, Joseph M ^a,b   Armanini, David G ^b   Dunbar, Michael J ^c   Orlofske, Jessica M ^b   LeRoy Poff, N ^d   Pollard, Amina I ^e   Yates, Adam G ^f   Hose, Grant C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Biomonitoring; Causal diagnosis; Prediction; Traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

EID: 78751601645     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.128     Document Type: Article

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