Temporal floristic variations as indicator of environmental changes in the Tiber River in Rome

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Ceschin, Simona ^a   Salerno, Giovanni ^a   Bisceglie, Sara ^a   Kumbaric, Alma ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluvial environment; Human disturbance; Plant bioindicators; Temporal floristic analysis; Tiber River (Italy)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLORISTICS; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

ITALY; TIBER RIVER;

EID: 77049114952     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9292-1     Document Type: Article

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