Integrated assessment of ecological status and misclassification of lakes: The role of uncertainty and index combination rules

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 605-615

  Moe, S Jannicke ^a   Lyche Solheim, Anne ^a   Soszka, Hanna ^b   Gołub, Małgorzata ^b   Hutorowicz, Andrzej ^c   Kolada, Agnieszka ^b   Picińska Fałtynowicz, Joanna ^d   Białokoz, Witold ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c INLAND FISHERIES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biological quality element; Integrated lake assessment; Modelling; Uncertainty; Water Framework Directive; Waterbody classification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL QUALITY ELEMENT; INTEGRATED LAKE ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATERBODIES;

MODELS;

BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GUIDELINE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAKE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

POLAND; WEL BASIN;

EID: 84907789908     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.018     Document Type: Article

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