Analysis of Physical Habitat Quality and Limitations to Waterways in the Chicago Area
Edward T.
Rankin
Center for Applied Bioassessment and BiocriteriaIntroductionThe Clean Water Act (CWA) act allows for states to set attainable goals (designated uses)for its waters.
A result of this effort was a robust linkage
between aquatic life data, instream habitat measures and the system of tiered uses.
Table 1 summarizes the general narrative ranges of the IBI. Lower scores are to the left;
highest to the right. Eachcover type is assigned a score of 0-3 where zero means the cover type is absent and a threeQHEI Summary Scores from Chicago /\rea Waterway...
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