The value of long-term stream invertebrate data collected by citizen scientists

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Edwards, Patrick M ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVERTEBRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; MONITORING; SAMPLING; SCIENTIST; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84966340298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153713     Document Type: Article

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