Development of a phytoplankton indicator system for the ecological assessment of brackish coastal waters (German Baltic Sea coast)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 611, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-103

  Sagert, S ^a   Rieling, T ^a   Eggert, A ^a   Schubert, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Eutrophication; Germany; Indication system; Phytoplankton; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALGAE; ALGAE CONTROL; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; DEGRADATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EUTROPHICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PEST CONTROL; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFATE MINERALS; VECTORS; WATER QUALITY;

ABIOTIC DEGRADATION; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC SEA COAST; BIOVOLUME; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; COASTAL WATERS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA SERIES; DIFFERENT SIZES; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; GERMANY; HIGH TEMPORAL; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS; INDICATION SYSTEM; INDICATOR SYSTEM; NATURAL VARIABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON SPRING BLOOM; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WATER BODIES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; BRACKISH WATER; CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL WATER; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BALTIC COAST [GERMANY]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; WORONICHINIA;

EID: 48349104536     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9456-3     Document Type: Article

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