European river plant communities: The importance of organic pollution and the usefulness of existing macrophyte metrics

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 211-234

  Szoszkiewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Ferreira, Teresa ^b   Korte, Thomas ^c   Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^d   Davy Bowker, John ^e   O'Hare, Mattie ^e  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; IBMR; Macrophytes; MTR; River; STAR; Trophy; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOSYSTEMS; METRIC SYSTEM; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS;

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; IBMR; MACROPHYTES; MEAN TROPHIC RANK (MTR) INDEX; STAR; TROPHY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

POLLUTION;

AQUATIC PLANT; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER; RIVER POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33746092112     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0094-3     Document Type: Article

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