Calibration of littoral diatoms to water chemistry in standing fresh waters (Flanders, lower Belgium): Inference models for historical sediment assemblages

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 763-787

  Denys, Luc ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Herbarium macrophytes; Phytobenthos; Phytoplankton; Response models; Shallow waters; Water quality; Weighted averaging

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE WATER; CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DIATOM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HERBARIUM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIMNOLOGY; MACROPHYTE; SHALLOW WATER; SILICA; SODIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33745631222     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-005-5459-5     Document Type: Article

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