A Latent Health Factor Model for Estimating Estuarine Ecosystem Health

Assessment of the “health” of an ecosystem is often of great interest to those interested in monitoring and conservation of ecosystems. Traditionally, scientists have quantified the health of an ecosystem using multimetric indices that are semi-qualitative. Recently, a statistical-based index called...

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Main Author: Wu, Margaret
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4425