Application of signal detection theory approach for setting thresholds in benthic quality assessments

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 420-427

  Chuševe, Romualda ^a   Nygård, Henrik ^b   Vaičiute, Diana ^a   Daunys, Darius ^a   Zaiko, Anastasija ^a,c  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; BQI; GES; Macrozoobenthos; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION;

BALTIC SEA; BQI; GES; MACROZOOBENTHOS; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL; STANDARDIZATION; THRESHOLD; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84938869708     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.07.018     Document Type: Article

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