Reporting on the condition of stream fish communities in the Canadian tributaries of Lake Ontario, at various spatial scales

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-205

  Stanfield, Les W ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Report card; Restoration prioritization; Scaling effects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LAKE ONTARIO; MAP INTERPRETATION; PRIORITIZATION; REFERENCE STATE; REPORT CARDS; SCALING EFFECTS; SCORING CRITERIA; SITE CONDITIONS; SMALLEST UNIT; SPATIAL SCALE; STREAM CONDITION; STREAM DEGRADATION; STREAM FISH; STREAM SEGMENTS;

DEGRADATION;

RESTORATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MAP; PRIORITIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; THRESHOLD; TRIBUTARY; WATERSHED;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 84860626455     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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