Influence of taxonomic and numerical resolution on the analysis of temporal changes in phytoplankton communities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-255

  Carneiro, Fernanda Melo ^a   Bini, Luis Mauricio ^a   Rodrigues, Luzia Cleide ^b  

^a ICB   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Functional groups; Phytoplankton; Procrustean analysis; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING PROGRAMS; BIOVOLUMES; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL RESOLUTION; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PROCRUSTEAN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; S STATE; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES DENSITY; TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE CONTROL;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NUMERICAL METHOD; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449095068     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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