PHYMED: An ecological classification system for the Water Framework Directive based on phytoplankton community composition

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-23

  Paches M ^a   Romero, I ^a   Hermosilla, Z ^a   Martinez Guijarro, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal water body; Mediterranean Sea; Phytoplankton composition; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER BODIES; COASTAL WATERS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; INTERCALIBRATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITION; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; PRESSURE INDICATOR; REFERENCE CONDITION; TERRITORIAL ANALYSIS; VALENCIA; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; PHOSPHORUS; WATER CONSERVATION;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EUROPEAN UNION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER PLANNING;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84858748156     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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