Data analysis or integration helps determine biological integrity of individual samples.
Rather than fish or aquatic plants, we chose to use the stream macroinvertebrate indices, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT), and Hilsenhoff Biologic Index (HBI) to assess the biological integrity of waterways at the parks.
Environmentalists argued that delay would encourage furious road-building and compromise the biological integrity of the forest.
Meanwhile, the delay would leave plenty of time for unnecessary road-building, pleasing the Alaska delegation but severely compromising the biological integrity of the forest.
Here's another round in what has become a heated, but ultimately productive, conversation on strategies for sustaining the planet's biological integrity as humanity's influence builds.
Either we build a national database and offer genetic hostage to the future, or we decide to stand up for the privacy of the innocent and the principle that biological integrity is an essential part of any free society.
"We believe the quickest, most effective route to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation's waters is through prevention, not necessarily regulation," said Cynthia Bergman, an agency spokeswoman.
"A rhino in the wild living under its own evolved habits and processes and routines is just a thing of incredible biological integrity, an incredible force," Mr. Bass said in the interview.
"It would be facile to say it's unethical to breed dogs for their appearance," said Stephen Budiansky, a scientist and the author of "The Truth About Dogs" (Viking, 2000), although there are some who point to the pitfalls, both ethical and practical, of our tendency to sacrifice the biological integrity of companion animals in favor of their ornamental qualities.
If left to a majority, weaned on the Discovery Channel and National Geographic, the wild world of the future may end up looking cuddly and cute -- still populated with pandas and other so-called charismatic megafauna -- but may not have much biological integrity deep down.
Immunohistochemistry provided evidence for biological integrity of immobilised VEGF.
