Biological Monitoring of Running Waters in Eastern and Central European Countries (Former Communist Block)

Biological Monitoring of Rivers: Applications and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 327-350

  Helešic, Jan ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

'Black Triangle'; Bioindication of eutrophication; Eastern and Central Europe Biological Monitoring of Running Waters; Eutrophication and cyanobacterial phytoplankton growth; Longitudinal and bank regulation channelization; Multi habitat sampling; PERLA prediction system and RIVPACS approach; Saprobial system of water quality monitoring; Surface water acidification

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

'BLACK TRIANGLE; BIOINDICATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; LONGITUDINAL AND BANK REGULATION - CHANNELIZATION; MULTI HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; RIVPACS; SURFACE WATER ACIDIFICATION; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

SURFACE WATERS;

EID: 57749110897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470863781.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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