Establishing expectations for pan-European diatom based ecological status assessments

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-186

  Kelly, Martyn G ^a   Gómez Rodríguez, Carola ^b   Kahlert, Maria ^c   Almeida, Salomé F P ^d   Bennett, Cathy ^e   Bottin, Marius ^f   Delmas, Franois ^f   Descy, Jean Pierre ^g   Dörflinger, Gerald ^h   Kennedy, Bryan ⁱ   Marvan, Petr ^j   Opatrilova, Libuse ^k   Pardo, Isabel ^b   Pfister, Peter ^l   Rosebery, Juliette ^f   Schneider, Susanne ^m   Vilbaste, Sirje ⁿ  

^a Bowburn Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^h Division of Hydrometry   (Cyprus)

ⁱ EPA   (Ireland)

^j Limni sro   (Czech Republic)

^k T G MASARYK WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^l ARGE Limnologie   (Austria)

^m NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

ⁿ ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

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Author keywords

Diatoms; Monitoring; Phytobenthos; Rivers; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; BENCHMARK DATASETS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; DATA SETS; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; DIATOM COMMUNITIES; DIATOMS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; ESTONIA; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERCALIBRATION; IRELAND; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NORDIC REGIONS; PHYTOBENTHOS; PORTUGAL; REFERENCE DATA; TRANS-BOUNDARY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ECOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MONITORING; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; DATA SET; DATABASE; DIATOM; EUROPEAN UNION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOBENTHOS;

CYPRUS; ESTONIA; IRELAND; PORTUGAL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84858136150     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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