Phytoplankton functional groups as indicators of human impacts along the River Loire (France)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 698, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 233-249

  Abonyi, András ^a,b   Leitão, Maria ^b   Lançon, Anne Marie ^b   Padisák, Judit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b Bi Eau   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological status index; Functional groups; Longitudinal changes; Phytoplankton assemblages; River Loire; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FRANCE; LOIRE RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; PENNALES;

EID: 84867002190     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1130-0     Document Type: Article

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