Using epilithic algal communities to assess trophic status in Irish lakes

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 481-495

  DeNicola, Dean M ^a   De Eyto, Elvira ^b   Wemaere, Alice ^c   Irvine, Kenneth ^c  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Canonical correspondence analysis; Eutrophication; Inference models; Irish lakes; Periphyton; Total phosphorus; Trophic status; Weighted averaging calibration

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOMONITORING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PERIPHYTON; TROPHIC STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DESMIDIALES; EUKARYOTA; STIGEOCLONIUM;

EID: 2942566649     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.03147.x     Document Type: Article

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