| Water category: | River |
| Pressure categories | Nutrients |
| Pressure detail | Inorganic nutrients |
| WFD Indicators- R | Composition Abundance Phytoplancton |
| Specific Index | |
| Brief text description | Links between maximum chlorophyll a and some water quality elements |
| Long text description | Links between maximum chlorophyll a and some water nutrients and elements. Regression : Silicate 0.71 (p<0.05) NH3 0.43 (p<0.05) NO3-N 0.71 (p<0.05) TN 0.71 (p<0.05) SRP 0.71 (p<0.05) N/P ratio 0.71 (p<0.05) Nutrient range : NH4-N = 0 - 5.3 mg/L NO3-N = 0.4 - 20 mg/L NO2-N = 0 - 0.4 mg/L SRP = 0.1 - 4.4 mg/L Source data from River Nene (small lowland river), 11 sites (22 years). (UK) |
| History of development | |
| References | Balbi, 2000. Suspended chlorophyll in the River Nene, a small nutrient-rich river in easterm Englan: long-term and spatial trends. Science of the Total Environment. 251-252:401-421 |
| Geographical region (GIG) - R | |
| Ecoregion - LR | |
| Country | UK United Kingdom |
| Geographical location of source data | Sub-national |
| Reference conditions | Unknown |
| Development | Existing |
| Uncertainty | Unknown |
| Link to document store | No |
| BMW Toolbox | No |
| Entry status | Unvalidated |