Comment: Averaging statistics of multimetric index leading to an inaccurate evaluation on methods of defining biological condition of streams/rivers in ecological assessment

Sci Total Environ. 2019 Feb 1:649:1640-1642. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.376. Epub 2018 May 1.

Authors

Bo Liu¹, Shanmao Cao²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Electronic address: liubo3@msu.edu.
² Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Restoration and Habitat Reparation in Liaoning Province, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, China. Electronic address: cshm@dlou.edu.cn.

PMID: 29728267
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.376

No abstract available

Keywords: Bioassessment; Biological condition; Biological typology; Ecoregions; Multimetric index.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Ecology
Ecosystem
Environmental Monitoring
Invertebrates*
Rivers*