The influence of land use on water quality and diatom community structures in urban and agriculturally stressed rivers

Water SA

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-594

  Walsh, G ^a   Wepener, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Aut ecological indices; Community structure; Diatoms; Land use; Urban; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DIATOMS; ECOLOGICAL INDICES; HIGH FLOW CONDITIONS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; URBAN;

URBAN GROWTH;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN SITE; WATER QUALITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACHNANTHES MINUTISSIMA; ALLIGATOR; AMPHORA OVALIS PEDICULUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; DIATOMA VULGARE; GOMPHONEMA; NAVICULA; NAVICULA TRIPUNCTATA; NITZSCHIA; PEDICULUS;

EID: 77954226772     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v35i5.49184     Document Type: Article

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