Developing a diatom monitoring network in an urban river-basin: Initial assessment and site selection

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 695, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-151

  Jüttner, Ingrid ^a   Chimonides, P James ^b   Ormerod, Steve J ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Monitoring; Pollution; Streams; Water chemistry; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INORGANIC SALT; METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

SOUTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84865442113     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1123-z     Document Type: Article

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