Ecological assessment of Portuguese reservoirs based on littoral epilithic diatoms

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 695, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 265-279

  Novais, Maria Helena ^a,b   Blanco, Saúl ^a,c   Delgado, Cristina ^d   Morais, Manuela ^b   Hoffmann, Lucien ^a   Ector, Luc ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilithon; Heavily modified water bodies; Littoral diatoms; Portugal; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EPILITHON; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR;

PORTUGAL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84865418352     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1197-7     Document Type: Article

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