Effect of riparian vegetation on diatom assemblages in headwater streams under different land uses

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 475, Issue , 2014, Pages 234-247

  Hlúbiková, Daša ^a   Novais, Maria Helena ^a   Dohet, Alain ^a   Hoffmann, Lucien ^a   Ector, Luc ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Benthic diatoms; Diatom guilds; Headwaters; Land use; Riparian buffer

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RUNOFF; VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BENTHIC DIATOMS; DIATOM ECOLOGICAL GUILDS; DIATOM GUILDS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HEADWATERS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; RIPARIAN BUFFERS;

LAND USE;

CALCIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; BUFFER ZONE; CATCHMENT; DIATOM; GUILD STRUCTURE; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEADWATER; HYDROSPHERE; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STREAM (RIVER); TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

BENTHIC DIATOMS; DIATOM GUILDS; HEADWATERS; LAND USE; RIPARIAN BUFFER;

DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; TREES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84895086311     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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