Evaluating performance of macroinvertebrate-based adjusted and unadjusted multi-metric indices (MMI) using multi-season and multi-year samples

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-151

  Chen, Kai ^a   Hughes, Robert M ^b   Xu, Sheng ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Cai, Desuo ^c   Wang, Beixin ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; China; Macroinvertebrate; Monsoon stream; Multi metric index; Random forest

Indexed keywords

BIOASSESSMENT; CHINA; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MONSOON STREAM; MULTI-METRIC INDICES; RANDOM FORESTS;

REDUNDANCY;

DECISION TREES;

BIOASSAY; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MODEL VALIDATION; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; LI RIVER;

EID: 84882770719     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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