Influence of land-use patterns on benthic diatom communities and water quality in the tropical monjolinho hydrological basin, São Carlos-SP, Brazil

Water SA

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-102

  Bere, T ^a   Tundisi, J G ^a  

^a Instituto Internacional de Ecologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agricultural; Benthic diatoms; Environmental gradient; Forests; Land use; Urban

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL; BENTHIC DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FORESTS; URBAN;

RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION MONITORING; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

BASINS; BENTHIC DEPOSITS; BRAZIL; CITIES; DIATOMS; FORESTS; LAND USE; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; SAO CARLOS; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; AULACOSEIRA ALPIGENA; AULACOSEIRA GRANULATA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA PSEUDOSTELLIGERA; DIADESMIS; DIADESMIS CONTENTA; DIATOMA; ENCYONEMA SILESIACUM; EUNOTIA; EUNOTIA BILUNARIS; EUNOTIA INTERMEDIA; EUNOTIA SUDETICA; FALLACIA MONOCULATA; FRUSTULIA; GOMPHONEMA PARVULUM; LANCEOLATA; MELOSIRA VARIANS; MERIDION ANCEPS; NAVICULA CRYPTOTENELLA; NEIDIUM AMPLIATUM; NITZSCHIA LINEARIS; NITZSCHIA PALEA; NITZSCHIA SCALARIS; NUPELA; ORTHOSEIRA; PALEA; PINNULARIA LEGUMEN; PINNULARIA SUBCAPITATA; SELLAPHORA PUPULA; STAURONEIS PHOENICENTERON; SURIRELLA LINEARIS; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 79251640873     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v37i1.64112     Document Type: Article

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