Recommended biological indices for 301(h) monitoring programs. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5966278

Bilyard, G R; Brooks-McAuliffe, M B

The purpose of this document is to develop recommendations of those indices that should be used in the interpretation of 301(h) biological monitoring data. The Bray-Curtis similarity index, flexible sorting strategy, group-average sorting, dominance index, infaunal index, biomass estimates, Hurlbert's PIE diversity index, and the Shannon-Wiener H' index are discussed and evaluated.

• Research Organization: Tetra Tech, Inc., Bellevue, WA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5966278
• Report Number(s): PB-87-221560/XAB; TETRAT-TC-3953-03
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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