Community analysis in stream biomonitoring: What we measure and what we don't

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 409-417

  Passy, Sophia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Diatoms; Direct gradient analysis; Epilithon; River; Variance partitioning; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOMONITORING; DIATOMS; DIRECT GRADIENT ANALYSIS; STREAM BIOMONITORING; VARIANCE PARTITIONING;

RIVERS;

ALGA; BIOMONITORING; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PH; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PH; PREDICTION; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STREAM (RIVER); TIME; VARIANCE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BULGARIA; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MESTA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33847611573     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9290-x     Document Type: Article

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