Recommendations for ecological status assessment of Lake Balaton (largest shallow lake of Central Europe), based on benthic diatom communities

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-208

  Bolla, B ^a   Borics, G ^c   Kiss, K T ^a   Reskone N M ^b   Varbiro G ^c   Acs E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

^b Environmental Protection   (Hungary)

^c Environmental Protection Nature Conservation and Water Authority Trans Tiszanian Region   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Balaton; Diatom Indices; Diatoms; Ecological status assessment; EU WFD; Substrate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; DATA SET; DATABASE; DIATOM; EUROPEAN UNION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; WATER QUALITY;

HUNGARY; LAKE BALATON;

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; AMPHORA OVALIS PEDICULUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYMBELLA; NAVICULA CRYPTOTENELLA; NITZSCHIA DISSIPATA; PEDICULUS; STAUROSIRA;

EID: 79952824120     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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