Ecological integrity of deep lakes in New Zealand across anthropogenic pressure gradients

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 37, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 45-57

  Özkundakci, Deniz ^a,b   Hamilton, David P ^a   Kelly, David ^c,d   Schallenberg, Marc ^e   De Winton, Mary ^f   Verburg, Piet ^f   Trolle, Dennis ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catchment disturbance; Diversity; Lake water quality; Nativeness; Pristineness; Resilience

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY; LAKE WATER QUALITY; NATIVENESS; PRISTINENESS; RESILIENCE;

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; MORPHOMETRY; WATER QUALITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84887312027     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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