Epiphytic diatoms as water quality indicators in Spanish shallow lakes

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 71-79

  Blanco, S ^a,b   Ector, L ^b   Becares E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Biomonitoring; Diatom indices; Epiphytic diatoms; Mediterranean region; Nutrients; Shallow lakes; Trophic state; Water framework directive; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; DIATOM; INDEX METHOD; LAKE; SHALLOW WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 7244261991     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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