Low levels of agreement among experts using best professional judgment to assess benthic condition in the San Francisco Estuary and Delta

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-173

  Thompson, Bruce ^a   Weisberg, Stephen B ^b   Melwani, Aroon ^a   Lowe, Sarah ^a   Ranasinghe, J Ananda ^b   Cadien, Donald B ^c   Dauer, Daniel M ^d   Diaz, Robert J ^e   Fields, Wayne ^f   Kellogg, Michael ^g   Montagne, David E ^h   Ode, Peter R ⁱ   Reish, Donald J ^j   Slattery, Peter N ^k  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County   (United States)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^f Hydrozoology   (United States)

^g CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^h California Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

Benthic assemblages; Best professional judgment; San Francisco Estuary

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; BENTHIC CONDITIONS; BENTHIC INDICES; BEST PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CURRENT LEVELS; DISTURBANCE REGIME; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER HABITATS; LOW LEVEL; LOW SALINITY; SAN FRANCISCO; SPECIES ABUNDANCE;

ECOSYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ESTUARIES;

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052586475     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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