Estimating risks to aquatic life using quantile regression

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 709-723

  Schmidt, Travis S ^a,b   Clements, William H ^c   Cade, Brian S ^d  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biological assessment; metals; population; quantile regression; risk

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMONITORING; CADDISFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEAVY METAL; LIMITING FACTOR; MAYFLY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMWATER;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ARCTOPSYCHE GRANDIS; DRUNELLA; EPHEMEROPTERA; RHITHROGENA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84877868204     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-133.1     Document Type: Article

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