Developing and testing diatom indicators for wetlands in the Casco Bay watershed, Maine, USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 561, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 191-206

  Wang, Yi Kuang ^a,d   Stevenson, R Jan ^a   Sweets, P Roger ^b   DiFranco, Jeanne ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^c Maine Department of Environmental Protection   (United States)

^d NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Ecological assessment framework; Human disturbance; Index of ecological integrity; Stressor identification; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGY; SAMPLING; WATERSHEDS;

DIATOMS; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK; INDEX OF ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY;

WETLANDS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER CHEMISTRY; WETLAND;

CASCO BAY; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33645360865     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1614-2     Document Type: Article

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