Instructions to use Waikato fish QIBI software.

This zip file contains the following files:
	- tr07-23Report.pdf (A New Fish Index of Biotic Integrity using Quantile Regressions: the Fish QIBI for the Waikato Region Report)
	- New quantile fish IBI calculator.xls (the QIBI program)
	- IBIHELPWK.cnt
	- IBIHELPWK.gid
	- IBIHELPWK.hlp
	- README.txt (this file)

Extract the contents of this zip file.
To use the QIBI program, open the file "New quantile fish IBI calculator". 

Note: This program uses macros that may require you to alter your computer's macro security settings.  To use the program successfully you must allow macros to run in Excel.

There is demonstration data in the QIBI spreadsheet which gives examples of the data layout and requirements.

Please read Appendix 1 of the included report (tr07-23Report.pdf) for guidelines of how to use the program.