Water-chemistry transfer functions for epiphytic diatoms in standing freshwaters and a comparison with models based on littoral sediment assemblages (Flanders, Belgium)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-116

  Denys, Luc ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Herbarium macrophytes; Microhabitat; Phytobenthos; Shallow waters; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIPHYTE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; PH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EPIPHYTON;

EID: 34249899673     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9064-z     Document Type: Article

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