Development of a fish-based index to assess the eutrophication status of European lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 704, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 193-211

  Argillier, C ^a,b   Causse S ^a,b   Gevrey, M ^a,b   Pedron S ^c   De Bortoli, J ^a,b   Brucet, S ^d   Emmrich, M ^e   Jeppesen, E ^f   Lauridsen, T ^f   Mehner, T ^e   Olin, M ^g   Rask, M ^h   Volta, P ⁱ   Winfield, I J ^j   Kelly, F ^k   Krause, T ^l   Palm, A ^l   Holmgren, K ^m  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Agence de l'Eau Seine Normandie   (France)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ CNR   (Italy)

^j LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k INLAND FISHERIES IRELAND   (Ireland)

^l ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^m SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Europe; Eutrophication; Fish index; Lakes; Metrics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GILLNET; INDEX METHOD; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84873738235     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1282-y     Document Type: Article

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