Incorporating invasive weeds into a plant indicator method (LakeSPI) to assess lake ecological condition

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 691, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-58

  de Winton, M D ^a   Clayton, J S ^a   Edwards, T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Indicator; Macrophyte; Trophic Level Index; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATCHMENT; EUTROPHICATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROPHYTE; NATIVE SPECIES; TROPHIC LEVEL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WEED;

NEW ZEALAND;

CHARALES;

EID: 84861642645     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1009-0     Document Type: Article

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