A hitchhiker's guide to European lake ecological assessment and intercalibration

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 533-544

  Poikane, Sandra ^a   Birk, Sebastian ^b   Böhmer, Jürgen ^c   Carvalho, Laurence ^d   De Hoyos, Caridad ^e   Gassner, Hubert ^f   Hellsten, Seppo ^g   Kelly, Martyn ^h   Lyche Solheim, Anne ⁱ   Olin, Mikko ^j   Pall, Karin ^k   Phillips, Geoff ^l   Portielje, Rob ^m   Ritterbusch, David ⁿ   Sandin, Leonard ^o   Schartau, Ann Kristin ^p   Solimini, Angelo G ^q   Van Den Berg, Marcel ^m   Wolfram, Georg ^r   Van De Bund, Wouter ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c Bioforum GmbH   (Germany)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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

^f Federal Agency for Water Management   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^h Bowburn Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^k ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^l ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^m Centre for Water Management   (Netherlands)

ⁿ Institute for Inland Fisheries   (Germany)

^o AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^p NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^q SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^r DWS Hydro Ökologie GmbH   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Ecological assessment; Europe; Fish fauna; Lakes; Macrophytes; Phytoplankton; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPE; FISH FAUNA; MACROPHYTES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

LAKES;

BENTHOS; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84921671667     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.01.005     Document Type: Review

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