Journal article
A holistic approach to ecosystem health assessment using fish population characteristics
Abstract
The status of a fish population is a reflection of the overall condition of the aquatic environment in which that population resides. As such, fish population characteristics can be used as indicators of environmental health. Simple and inexpensive methods to follow fish population responses to environmental degradation are lacking. This paper outlines a protocol whereby environmental impacts on fish populations are classified by five patterns …
Authors
Munkittrick KR; Dixon DG
Journal
Hydrobiologia, Vol. 188-189, No. 1, pp. 123–135
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 1989
DOI
10.1007/bf00027777
ISSN
0018-8158