Diatom biotypes in European rivers

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Water category:River
Pressure categories Nutrients
Pressure detail Overall pressure - chemistry and physical determinants, including inorganic nutrients, alkalinity, conductivity, altitude
WFD Indicators- R Composition
Specific Index Diatom community composition (abundance of each species within sample)
Brief text description Common diatom communities across different regions
Long text description Characterisation of diatom communities common across Europe with their habitat ranges (nutrients, alkalinity etc) Based on ascending hierarchical cluster analysis and ordination
History of development Developed for REBECCA
References REBECCA reports: - D13 "Report on suitable single and intergrated biological indicators for different pressures in rivers" - D20 "Complete scientific report" for more details - Fisher J., Deflandre-Vlandas A., Coste M., Delmas F., Jarvie H.P. Submitted. Community grouping of European benthic diatoms as indicators of eutrophic status of rivers.
Geographical region (GIG) - R RNO Northern
RCE - Central+Baltic
REC - Eastern Continental
Ecoregion - LR
Country F France
S Sweden
UK United Kingdom
EE Estonia
SK Slovakia
NO Norway
Geographical location of source data European
Reference conditions Not considered
Development Rebecca
Uncertainty Not considered
Link to document store Yes
BMW Toolbox No
Entry status Unvalidated