Data from a study of the association between water quality and catchment area. Fish composition were used to construct an
index of biotic integrity (IBI) and relate it to catchment are in the Seine river basin in France.
Usage
data(waterQuality)
Arguments
Format
A dataframe containing:
catchment
The catchment area in square kilometres
quality
Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI)
logCatchment
log base 10 of catchment area
References
Oberdorff, T. & Hughes, R. M. (1992). Modification of an index of biotic integrity based
on fish assemblages to characterize rivers of the Seine Basin, France". Hydrobiologia, 228, 117-130.