Ecological assessment of groundwater ecosystems - Vision or illusion?

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1174-1190

  Griebler, Christian ^a   Stein, Heide ^b   Kellermann, Claudia ^a   Berkhoff, Sven ^b   Brielmann, Heike ^a   Schmidt, Susanne ^c   Selesi, Drazenka ^a   Steube, Christian ^a   Fuchs, Andreas ^b   Hahn, Hans Jürgen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Bioindicators; Biomonitoring; Ecological assessment; Groundwater ecosystems; Stygofauna

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER TYPE; ASSESSMENT MODELS; ASSESSMENT SCHEME; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIO-INDICATORS; BIOLOGICAL VARIABLES; BIOMONITORING; DATA SETS; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION; ECOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ECOLOGICAL STATE; ENVIRONMENT AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; GROUND WATER PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER DIRECTIVES; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE UNITS; LOCAL SCALE; NATIONAL PROJECTS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; REGIONAL SCALE; SOUTHERN GERMANY; STATE OF THE ART; WATER BOARDS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AQUIFERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FAUNISTICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

GERMANY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955090113     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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