Shallow coastal lakes in New Zealand: Current conditions, catchment-scale human disturbance, and determination of ecological integrity

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 658, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-101

  Drake, D C ^a,b   Kelly, David ^c   Schallenberg, Marc ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecological integrity; Expert assessment; Expert opinion; Lake productivity; Lake trophic status; Lake water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; FISH; FOOD WEB; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAKE WATER; MACROPHYTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 79959808734     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0452-z     Document Type: Article

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