Vulnerability of biological metrics and multimetric indices to effects of climate change

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1379-1396

  Hamilton, Anna T ^a   Stamp, Jennifer D ^a   Bierwagen, Britta G ^b  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Biological metrics; Biomonitoring; Climate change; Macroinvertebrates; Multimetric indices; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959327502     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-053.1     Document Type: Review

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