Investigating the relationships between environmental stressors and stream condition using Bayesian belief networks

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 58-73

  Allan, J David ^a   Yuan, Lester L ^b   Black, Paul ^c   Stockton, Tom ^c   Davies, Peter E ^d   Magierowski, Regina H ^d   Read, Steve M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Neptune and Company Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief network; Causal inference; Multiple stressors; Stream impairment; Stream management

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84862644834     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02683.x     Document Type: Article

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