Predicting biological impairment from habitat assessments

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 182, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 259-277

  Doll, Jason C ^a  

^a Muncie Sanitary District   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological assessment; Index of Biotic Integrity; Model prediction; Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS; BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CATEGORICAL MODEL; DATA SETS; EVALUATION INDEX; FISH COMMUNITIES; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MODEL PREDICTION; PHYSICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TREATMENT; STRESSOR IDENTIFICATION;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY;

ACCURACY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUALITATIVE HABITAT EVALUATION INDEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CORN BELT; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054730374     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1874-4     Document Type: Article

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