Reference conditions and WFD compliant class boundaries for phytoplankton biomass and chlorophyll-a in Alpine lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 633, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-58

  Wolfram, Georg ^a   Argillier, Christine ^b   de Bortoli, Julien ^b   Buzzi, Fabio ^c   Dalmiglio, Antonio ^c   Dokulil, Martin T ^a   Hoehn, Eberhard ^d   Marchetto, Aldo ^e   Martinez, Pierre Jean ^d   Morabito, Giuseppe ^e   Reichmann, Markus ^f   Remec Rekar, Špela ^g   Riedmüller, Ursula ^d   Rioury, Christelle ^d   Schaumburg, Jochen ^d   Schulz, Liselotte ^f   Urbanič, Gorazd ^h  

^a DWS Hydro Ecology GmbH   (Austria)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c ARPA Lombardia   (Italy)

^d Limnologiebüro Hoehn ^*  (Germany)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f Kärntner Institut für Seenforschung   (Austria)

^g Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Alpine lakes; Chlorophyll a; Intercalibration; Phytoplankton biomass; Reference conditions; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ALPINE LAKES; CHLOROPHYLL A; INTERCALIBRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; REFERENCE CONDITION; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; WATER CONSERVATION;

LAKES;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 71349087435     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9875-9     Document Type: Article

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