Water Framework Directive: Ecological classification of Danish lakes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 616-629

  Søndergaard, Martin ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^a,b   Jensen, Jens Peder ^a   Amsinck, Susanne Lildal ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ecological quality ratio; Eutrophication; Indicators; Phosphorus; Recovery

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; LAKE; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 28344441607     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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