Diatoms as indicators of isolated herbaceous wetland condition in Florida, USA

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-540

  Lane, Charles R ^a   Brown, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Autecology; Biological assessment; Diatoms; Ecoregion; Florida; IBI; Isolated wetland; LDI; Nutrient

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; NUTRIENTS; SOILS;

AUTECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; ECOREGION; IBI; ISOLATED WETLANDS; LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY (LDI);

WETLANDS;

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DIATOM; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND USE CHANGE; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; DIATOMS; NUTRIENTS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33947646357     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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