Methodology Citation for Rivers Assessment—Lower 48 States: Esselman et al

Citation: Esselman, P., D. Infante, L. Wang, A. Cooper, D. Wieferich, Y. Tsang, D. Thornbrugh, W. Taylor. 2013. Regional fish community indicators of landscape disturbance to catchments of the conterminous United States. Ecological Indicators 26:163-173. Abstract: Biological assessments of river conditions are increasingly conducted at regional and continental scales that match the extent of large-scale river management efforts. Multimetric indices composed of biological community indicators are commonly used to assess ecological condition and indices have recently been applied in large regions. Methods for large-scale multimetric index creation emphasize repeatability, comparability across regions, and objective...

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