Establishing boundary classes for the classification of UK marine waters using phytoplankton communities

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 1-6, 2007, Pages 91-103

  Devlin, Michelle ^a   Best, Mike ^b   Coates, Deborah ^b   Bresnan, Eileen ^c   O'Boyle, Shane ^d   Park, Richard ^e   Silke, Joe ^f   Cusack, Caroline ^f   Skeats, Joe ^g  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

^e SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^g Water Management Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Classification techniques; Functional groups; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTONS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (WFD);

BIOMASS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CELLS; CHLOROPHYLL; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER RESOURCES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; SEA WATER; WATER;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; EUROPEAN UNION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH CURVE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT TAXONOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

CHLOROPHYLL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRELAND; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751270362     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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