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Method of predicting reference condition biota affects the performance and interpretation of ecological indices
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Method of predicting reference condition biota affects the performance and interpretation of ecological indices |
| Creator | Hawkins, Charles P. Cao, Y. Roper, B. |
| Description | 1. The statistical rigour and interpretability of ecological assessments is strongly affected by how well we predict the biological assemblages expected to occur in the absence of human-caused stress, i.e. the reference condition. In this study, we examined how the specific method used to predict the reference condition affected the performance of two commonly used types of ecological index: RIVPACS-based O/E indices and multimetric indices (MMIs). 2. These two types of index have generally... |
| Date | 2010-01-01T08:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/773 info:doi/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02357.x |
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| Source | Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Subject | ecological assessments environmental gradients modelling reference condition simulation |
