Biodiversity in the benthic diatom community in the upper river Töss reflected in water quality indices

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-91

  Kupe, Lirika ^a,c   Schanz, Ferdinand ^a   Bachofen, Reinhard ^b  

^a Institute of Plant Biology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Saprobic index; Shannon Diversity Index; Swiss trophic diatom index; T ss; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SAMPLING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; TOSS RIVER; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

ACHNANTHES; AMPHORA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYMBELLA; DIATOMA; GOMPHONEMA; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA;

EID: 38849110032     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200700053     Document Type: Article

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