Multi-scale approach using phytoplankton as a first step towards the definition of the ecological status of reservoirs

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-255

  Cabecinha, Edna ^a   Cortes, Rui ^a   Cabral, João Alexandre ^a   Ferreira, Teresa ^b   Lourenço, Martinho ^c   Pardal, Miguel Ângelo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Ecological status; Multivariate analysis; Phytoplankton; Reservoirs; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RANDOM VARIABLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STEEL STRUCTURES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GREEN ALGA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; RESIDENCE TIME; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 54149118739     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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