Biological condition index

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003229",
  "term": "Biological condition index",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An indicator of watershed health, in terms of aquatic organisms and communities: For example, multimetric indices measure the presence, numbers and condition of aquatic organisms and communities in an aquatic ecosystem. They are intended to represent the biological condition of an aquatic ecosystem relative to some regionally-defined reference condition.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "N-STEPS Online Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/biological-condition-index/"
}