Periphytic algal assemblages along environmental gradients in the rivers of the Lake Ladoga basin, Northwestern Russia: Implication for the water quality assessment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 695, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 305-327

  Rusanov, Alexander G ^a   Stanislavskaya, Elena V ^a   Ács, Éva ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS AND AUTOMATION   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CCA; Diatoms; IBD; IndVal; IPS; Water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASEFLOW; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONDUCTIVITY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOOD; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROBIOLOGY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND USE CHANGE; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

LAKE LADOGA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; LADOGA;

EID: 84865444622     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1199-5     Document Type: Article

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