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Simulating biological impairment to evaluate the accuracy of ecological indicators
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Simulating biological impairment to evaluate the accuracy of ecological indicators |
| Creator | Cao, Y. Hawkins, Charles P. |
| Description | 1 Biological indicators are used to measure the biological health of ecosystems. Resource managers may uncritically assume that such indicators give unbiased estimates of true biological condition, but this assumption is largely untested. Use of biased indicators could lead to ineffective and potentially damaging management. 2 We used a simulation model to compare estimated indicator values objectively with true impairment. We used the model to progressively alter the densities of 155 stream... |
| Date | 2005-01-01T08:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/795 info:doi/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01075.x |
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| Source | Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Subject | bioassessment human disturbances indicators NMDS ordination simulation stream macroinvertebrate taxa richness tolerance values |
