Freshwater diatom and macroinvertebrate diversity of coastal permanent ponds along a gradient of human impact in a Mediterranean eco-region

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 634, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-41

  Bella, Valentina Della ^a   Mancini, Laura ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algae; Bacillariophyceae; Environmental modifications and land cover conversions; Lowland ponds; Macrofauna; Pond conservation status

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BENTHIC DIATOMS; CENTRAL ITALY; COASTAL AREA; COLEOPTERA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DIATOM COMMUNITIES; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EUROPEAN UNION WATER FRAMEWORK; FRESHWATER DIATOMS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER POND; HUMAN IMPACT; LAND COVER; LOWLAND PONDS; MACROFAUNA; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; ODONATA; PHYSICAL HABITAT; REFERENCE SITES; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMIC RICHNESS; TRICHOPTERA; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERBODIES;

COASTAL ZONES; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DIATOM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN COAST;

ALGAE; ANCYLIDAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; EUNOTIA; HIRUDINEA; HYDRACARINA; INVERTEBRATA; NEIDIUM; ODONATA; PINNULARIA; PLEIDAE; STAURONEIS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 71449114146     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9890-x     Document Type: Article

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