Comparative utility of selected frameworks for regionalizing fish-based bioassessments across the United States

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1872-1895

  Frimpong, Emmanuel A ^a   Angermeier, Paul L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954461531     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-142.1     Document Type: Article

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