The use of epiphyton and epilithon data as a base for calculating ecological indices in monitoring of eutrophication in lakes in central Sweden
2000 (English)In: Science of the Total Environment, ISSN 0048-9697, E-ISSN 1879-1026, Vol. 248, p. 63-70Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Eutrophication was monitored with the aid of one similarity and seven diversity indices in the lakes of different trophic levels (eutrophic, mesotrophic and oligotrophic) in central Sweden. The ecological indices were applied separately to epiphyton and epilithon communities. Epiphyton turned out to be inappropriate for assessing eutrophication in the lakes studied. On the other hand, Hurlbert's, Simpson's and the similarity indices turned out to be promising environmental tools when applied to the data of epilithon.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2000. Vol. 248, p. 63-70
Keywords [en]
eutrophication, Community structure, Ecological indices, Epilithon, Epiphyton, Eutrophication assessment, Lakes
National Category
Biological Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-7526DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00363-6ISI: 000086555600007PubMedID: 10807043Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-0034728591OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-7526DiVA, id: diva2:127673
2008-12-102008-12-092017-12-14Bibliographically approved