The use of benthic diatoms in estimating water quality of variously polluted rivers

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-26

  Szczepocka, Ewelina ^a   Szulc, Bogusław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central Poland; Diatom indices; Diatoms; Lowland rivers; OMNIDIA; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; DIATOM; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RIVER POLLUTION; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

BZURA RIVER; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PILICA RIVER; POLAND;

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; AULACOSEIRA GRANULATA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COCCONEIS; COCCONEIS NEODIMINUTA; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; CYCLOTELLA RADIOSA; FRAGILARIA CROTONENSIS; GEISSLERIA DECUSSIS; GOMPHONEMA PARVULUM; MELOSIRA VARIANS; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA PALEA; NITZSCHIA PALEACEA; PALEA; PLANOTHIDIUM; PSEUDOSTAUROSIRA BREVISTRIATA; RHOICOSPHENIA ABBREVIATA; SELLAPHORA PUPULA; STAUROSIRA; STEPHANODISCUS HANTZSCHII; ULNARIA;

EID: 64149114003     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-009-0012-x     Document Type: Article

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