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The reference condition: predicting benchmarks for ecological and water-quality assessments
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The reference condition: predicting benchmarks for ecological and water-quality assessments |
| Creator | Hawkins, Charles P. Olson, J. R. Hill, R. A. |
| Description | Benchmarks provide context and are a critical element of all ecological assessments. Over the last 25 y, hundreds of papers have been published on various aspects of ecological assessments, and most of the analyses described in these papers depend on specifying an ecological benchmark for context. Freshwater scientists and managers usually use reference sites (typically sites in natural or least-disturbed condition) to assess the ecological conditions at other sites. Accurate and precise... |
| Date | 2010-01-01T08:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/774 info:doi/10.1899/09-092.1 |
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| Source | Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Subject | reference condition benchmark baseline ecological assessment landscape classification ecoregion regionalization typology model prediction temperature hydrologic regimes geomorphology water chemistry |
