The problem with indices

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1377-1380

  Green, Roger ^a   Chapman, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC SPECIES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; ECOLOGY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79959367748     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.016     Document Type: Editorial

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