Assessing lake eutrophication using chironomids: Understanding the nature of community response in different lake types

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 562-577

  Langdon, Peter G ^a   Ruiz, Zoe ^a   Brodersen, Klaus P ^b   Foster, Ian D L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Chlorophyll a; Eutrophication; Total phosphorus; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 33645086121     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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