Towards generalised reference condition models for environmental assessment: A case study on rivers in Atlantic Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6247-6259

  Armanini, D G ^a,b   Monk, W A ^a   Carter, L ^c   Cote, D ^d   Baird, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Prothea srl   (Italy)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Geographic information system; Macroinvertebrate; Monitoring; RIVPACS

Indexed keywords

BIOASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY RATIOS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; REFERENCE CONDITION APPROACHES; RIVPACS; STANDARDISED APPROACHES;

ECOLOGY; MONITORING; RIVERS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MODELING; RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RIVER INVERTEBRATE PREDICTION AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS;

CANADA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879826509     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3021-2     Document Type: Article

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