Diatom-based bioassessment in wetlands: How many samples do we need to characterize the diatom assemblage in a wetland adequately?

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 793-802

  Weilhoefer, Christine L ^a   Pan, Yangdong ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Diatoms; Geostatistics; Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS); Oregon Columbia river floodplain

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIATOM; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; AULACOSEIRA GRANULATA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAGILARIA CAPUCINA; NITZSCHIA PALEA; STAUROSIRA CONSTRUENS; TABELLARIA;

EID: 33845752434     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[793:DBIWHM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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