Monitoring network-design influence on assessment of ecological condition in wadeable streams

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 146-156

  Collier, Kevin J ^a,b   Olsen, Anthony R ^c  

^a WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomonitoring; judgment design; macroinvertebrate; metric; New Zealand; probability design; stratified design.

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NETWORK DESIGN; PROBABILITY; SITE SELECTION; STREAMWATER; SUBSTRATE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

EID: 84874510262     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF12267     Document Type: Article

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