Confidence in ecological indicators: A framework for quantifying uncertainty components from monitoring data

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 306-317

  Carstensen, Jacob ^a   Lindegarth, Mats ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compliance probability; Indicator standardization; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Monitoring programs; Status assessment; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION;

EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS; MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; MONITORING PROGRAMS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STATUS ASSESSMENT; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

MONITORING;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84961189991     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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