| Water category: | River |
| Pressure categories |
Nutrients
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| Pressure detail |
Total Phosphorus (TP) |
| WFD Indicators- R |
Composition
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| Specific Index |
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| Brief text description |
Correlation between TP and % Dominance (diatoms). |
| Long text description |
Correlation between TP and % Dominance (diatoms).
Spearman correlation:
-0.41 (p<0.01, diatoms at genus level)
-0.45 (p<0.001, diatoms at species level)
Source data from 199 streams, Mid-Appalachian streams, USA. |
| History of development |
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| References |
Hill, B. T., Stevenson, R. J., Pan, Y. D., Herlihy, A. T., Kaufmann, P. R. and Johnson, C. B. (2001) Comparison of correlations between environmental characteristics and stream diatom assemblages character-ized at genus and species levels. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 20(2):299-310 |
| Geographical region (GIG) - R |
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| Ecoregion - LR |
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| Country |
XX Other country
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| 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 |