A large river (River Loire, France) survey to compare phytoplankton functional approaches: Do they display river zones in similar ways?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-22

  Abonyi, András ^a,d   Leitão, Maria ^a   Stanković, Igor ^b   Borics, Gábor ^c   Várbíró, Gábor ^c   Padisák, Judit ^d  

^a Bi Eau   (France)

^b Central Water Management Laboratory   (Croatia)

^c MTA CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Functional groups; N:P ratio; Phytoplankton river zonation; Potamoplankton composition; River water quality management; Si:P ratio

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FUNCTIONAL APPROACH; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; N:P RATIO; REGIONAL PATTERN; RIVER WATER QUALITY; RIVER ZONATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE;

RIVERS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER WATER; SILICON; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

FRANCE; LOIRE RIVER;

EID: 84903616379     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.05.038     Document Type: Article

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