Aquatic bryophytes as ecological indicators of the water quality status in the Tiber River basin (Italy)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Ceschin, Simona ^a   Aleffi, Michele ^b   Bisceglie, Sara ^a   Savo, Valentina ^a   Zuccarello, Vincenzo ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic bryophytes; Bioindicators; Ecological responses; Fuzzy set; Water quality; Watercourses

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMARKERS; CATCHMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; FUZZY SETS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AQUATIC BRYOPHYTES; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STATUS; WATER ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; WATERCOURSES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AMMONIA; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EUTROPHICATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GRANULOMETRY; LIVERWORT; MOSS; NICHE BREADTH; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; WATER QUALITY;

ITALY; TIBER BASIN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CINCLIDOTUS AQUATICUS; CRATONEURON FILICINUM; FISSIDENS BRYOIDES; FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA; LEPTODICTYUM RIPARIUM; PALUSTRIELLA FALCATA; RICCIA FLUITANS;

EID: 80054691302     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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