Phytoplankton assemblages, environmental influences and trophic status using canonical correspondence analysis, fuzzy relations, and linguistic translation

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-88

  Pappas, Janice L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Environmental indicator; Fuzzy relation; Great Lakes; Linguistic modifiers; Seasonal succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON;

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA; CYCLOTELLA COMENSIS; CYCLOTELLA MICHIGANIANA; CYCLOTELLA PSEUDOSTELLIGERA; FRAGILARIA CAPUCINA; FRAGILARIA CROTONENSIS; TABELLARIA FENESTRATA; UROSOLENIA ERIENSIS;

EID: 77549088283     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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