Strength and uncertainty of phytoplankton metrics for assessing eutrophication impacts in lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 704, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-140

  Carvalho, L ^a   Poikane, S ^b   Lyche Solheim, A ^c   Phillips, G ^d   Borics, G ^e   Catalan, J ^f   De Hoyos, C ^g   Drakare, S ^h   Dudley, B J ^a   Jarvinen M ⁱ   Laplace Treyture, C ^j   Maileht, K ^k   McDonald, C ^a   Mischke, U ^l   Moe, J ^c   Morabito, G ^m   Noges P ^k   Noges T ^k   Ott, I ^k   Pasztaleniec, A ⁿ   Skjelbred, B ^c   Thackeray, S J ^o   more..

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^f CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^g Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

^h SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

ⁱ FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j CEMAGREF   (France)

^k ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

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

^m CNR   (Italy)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^o LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Cyanobacteria; Ecological indicator; Eutrophication; Trophic index; Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EUTROPHICATION; INDEX METHOD; LAKE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

EUROPE;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84873747166     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1344-1     Document Type: Article

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