| Main Title |
Biological Monitoring and Environmental Assessment: A Conceptual Framework. |
| Author |
Karr, J. R. ;
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| CORP Author |
Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst., Balboa (Panama).;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. |
| Publisher |
c1987 |
| Year Published |
1987 |
| Report Number |
EPA-R-810745; EPA/600/J-87/523; |
| Stock Number |
PB90-232190 |
| Additional Subjects |
Ecology ;
Toxicity ;
Wild birds ;
Fishes ;
Water resources ;
Reprints ;
Environmental monitoring ;
Indicator species ;
Species diversity
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| Holdings |
| Library |
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Additional Info |
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| NTIS |
PB90-232190 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
10p |
| Abstract |
Direct biological monitoring is essential for effective assessment efforts. Past approaches to biomonitoring are too simplistic (for example, toxicity testing, indicator species) or conceptually invalid (diversity indexes). Assessments that use ecological guilds use ecological principles in a more integrative fashion. The best long-term approach is development of suites of metrics, like those used in the index of biotic integrity (IBI), to reflect individual, population, community, and ecosystem attributes in an integrative framework. Efforts to use the conceptual content of IBI in a wider diversity of habitats should be encouraged and followed up with effective control actions. (Copyright (c) 1987 Springer Verlag New York, Inc.) |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Environmental Management, v11 n2 p249-256 1987. Sponsored by Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Biological Monitoring and Environmental Assessment: A Conceptual Framework. |
| Category Codes |
57H; 57Y |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/02 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
022221169 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
