Relation of abundance-weighted averages of diatom indicator values to measured environmental conditions in standing freshwaters

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-275

  Denys, Luc ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Belgium; Indicator values; Phytobenthos; Standing waters; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MONITORING; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; RELIABILITY; RESTORATION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BELGIUM; FRESH WATER; INDICATOR VALUES; PHYTOBENTHOS; STANDING WATERS;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 6944241412     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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