Journal article
DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF A ZOOPLANKTON INDEX OF WETLAND QUALITY IN THE LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES BASIN
Abstract
Recent interest in biological monitoring as an ecosystem assessment tool has stimulated the development of a number of biotic indices designed to aid in the evaluation of ecosystem integrity; however, zooplankton have rarely been included in biomonitoring schemes. We developed a wetland zooplankton index (WZI) based on water quality and zooplankton associations with aquatic vegetation (emergent, submergent, and floating‐leaf) that could be used …
Authors
Lougheed VL; Chow-Fraser P
Journal
Ecological Applications, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 474–486
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2002
DOI
10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0474:dauoaz]2.0.co;2
ISSN
1051-0761