Turbidity Tolerance Index

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Water category:Lake
Pressure categories Other
Pressure detail Turbidity
Specific Index Turbidity Tolerance Index
Brief text description Turbidity Tolerance Index is the ratio of the depth maxima of a given submerged macrophyte taxon to the Secchi disk transparency
Long text description Turbidity Tolerance Index is an indicator of the turbidity tolerance of a given species. Species with higher Turbidity Tolerance Index values are better adapted for survavival under conditions of low light transmission.
History of development
References Davis, G.J. and M.M.Brinson 1980. Responses of submersed vascular plant communities to environmental change. U.S. Department of Interior Report FWS/OBS-79/33.
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