Are Diatom-based Indices from Europe Suitable for River Health assessment in China? A Case Study from Taizi River, Northeastern China
Xiaodong Qu, Ying Zhou, Rui Zhao, Catherine Bentsen, Xuwang Yin & Yuan Zhang · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2014
Aims: Diatom-based indices are widely used for river health assessment. Many such indices were originally developed in European countries based on a specific taxa list of benthic diatoms. Thus, the transferability of these indices to other rivers and geographic locations has been...
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10.9734/BJECC/2014/8577