The emperor's new clothes? A comment on

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1492-1494

  Kelly, Martyn ^a  

^a Bowburn Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Freshwaters; Monitoring; Water framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MONITORING; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION;

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; DIATOMS; ECONOMIC CLIMATES; EUROPEAN UNION; FIT FOR PURPOSE; FRESH WATER; INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

DECISION MAKING;

BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79955826223     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.02.014     Document Type: Letter

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