Estimating confidence of European WFD ecological status class and WISER Bioassessment Uncertainty Guidance Software (WISERBUGS)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 704, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-56

  Clarke, Ralph T ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multi metric indices; River Invertebrate Classification Tool (RICT); Spatial and temporal variation; Uncertainty; Water Framework Directive; WISERBUGS

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

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EID: 84873748937     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1245-3     Document Type: Article

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