Assessment of eutrophication pressure on lakes using littoral invertebrates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 633, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-122

  Donohue, Ian ^a   Donohue, Louise A ^a   Ainín, Bláithín Ní ^a   Irvine, Kenneth ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Benthic; Ecological classification; Nutrients; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ASSESSMENT METHODS; BENTHIC; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION MODELS; ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; INVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES; NUTRIENT PRESSURES; NUTRIENT STATUS; REFERENCE STATE; RIVERS AND LAKES; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ANIMALS; EUTROPHICATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LAKES; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER CONSERVATION;

NUTRIENTS;

ABUNDANCE; ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EUTROPHICATION; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MODEL TEST; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WATER COLUMN;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 71349085262     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9868-8     Document Type: Article

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