Constructing multimetric indices and testing ability of landscape metrics to assess condition of freshwater wetlands in the Northeastern US.
Miller KM, Mitchell BR, McGill BJ. 2016. Constructing multimetric indices and testing ability of landscape metrics to assess condition of freshwater wetlands in the Northeastern US.. Ecological Indicators. 66(2016):143-152
Using data collected for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2011 National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA), we developed separate multimetric indices (MMIs) for vegetation, soil, algae taxa,and water to assess condition of freshwater wetlands in the northeastern US. This study represents the first attempt at developing multiple biotic and abiotic MMIs of wetland condition over this large of an area, and is only possible because of the high quality data collected by the NWCA.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Miller, Kathryn; Mitchell, Brian; McGill, Brian
- Units
- NETN
- Keywords
- Freshwater wetland condition, Inventory and Monitoring Program, Landscape context, Multimetric indices, National Park Service, National Wetland Condition Assessment, Wetland ecological integrity, x#freshwaterWetland, x#journalArticle, x#NETN, x#outreach
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Wetland Communities