Selecting indicator portfolios for marine species and food webs: A Puget Sound case study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Kershner, Jessi ^a,d   Samhouri, Jameal F ^b   James, C Andrew ^c   Levin, Phillip S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d EcoAdapt   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; FOOD WEB; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; AQUATIC SPECIES; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASHINGTON;

EID: 80053471788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025248     Document Type: Article

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