Ecological assessment of French Atlantic lakes based on phytoplankton, phytobenthos and macrophytes

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4685-4708

  Cellamare, Maria ^a   Morin, Soizic ^a   Coste, Michel ^a   Haury, Jacques ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Ecology and Ecosystem Health   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological status; French lakes; Macrophytes; Phytobenthos; Phytoplankton; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIODIVERSITY LOSS; BIOLOGICAL INDICES; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EXOTIC SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; MACROPHYTES; PHYTOBENTHOS; POTENTIAL TOOL; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; RUNNING WATERS; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS;

LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRANCE; INVERTEBRATES; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AQUITAINE; FRANCE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864853765     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2295-0     Document Type: Article

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