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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Reference Condition Approach"”.
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Applying the Reference Condition Approach to bioassessment of Cape Breton Island streams
The reference condition approach (RCA) to bioassessment assesses the effect of human activity on ecosystems relative to sites that are relatively unexposed to such activity. This study uses the RCA to characterize the nature of relatively pristine streams on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia as a …
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Hierarchical Variation in Cellulose Decomposition Across Southern Ontario Reference Streams
… with decomposition of cotton strips at regional reference sites. I conducted a hierarchically structured study of decomposition rates in Ontario, Canada. Cotton strips were deployed during the spring, summer and fall in pool and riffle habitats of 22 streams located in three distinct …
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Multimetric assessment of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities in Flanders, Belgium
… relative proportion of the index compared to the reference conditions. This EQR ranges from zero to one, respectively corresponding to a bad and a very good ecological status. This interval is divided into five classes reflecting bad, poor, moderate, good and high ecological status (EU, 2000). For …