Uncertainty in diatom assessment: Sampling, identification and counting variation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 247-260

  Besse Lototskaya, Anna ^a   Verdonschot, Piet F M ^a   Sinkeldam, Jos A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Ecological assessment; Multimetric index; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; STANDARDIZATION; SUBSTRATES;

DIATOMS; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; STANDARDISATION OF RIVER CLASSIFICATIONS (STAR);

WATER QUALITY;

DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MACROPHYTE; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33746083242     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0092-5     Document Type: Article

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