The use of epiphyton and epilithon data as a base for calculating ecological indices in monitoring of eutrophication in lakes in central Sweden

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-70

  Danilov, Roman A ^a   Ekelund, N G A ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community structure; Ecological indices; Epilithon; Epiphyton; Eutrophication assessment; Lakes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPILITHON; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; PLANKTON; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

SWEDEN;

EPILITHON; EPIPHYTON;

EID: 0034728591     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00363-6     Document Type: Article

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