Diatoms as Indicators of Water Quality in Urban Streams by Siva, Christopher

Diatoms as Indicators of Water Quality in Urban Streams (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639280678)

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Diatoms as Indicators of Water Quality in Urban Streams by Siva, Christopher

Diatoms as Indicators of Water Quality in Urban Streams

$85.32
Diatoms as Indicators of Water Quality in Urban Streams by Siva, Christopher

Diatoms as Indicators of Water Quality in Urban Streams

$85.32
Format: Paperback
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The temporal and spatial distribution patterns of diatoms colonising artificial substrates were used to develop a model indicating different levels of degradation in urban streams of the Swan River, Perth, Western Australia. Diatom and algal based matrices were used to develop a multimetric index used to categorise the environmental condition of stream sites into four urban groups: (1) Streams in forested catchments with good to excellent ecological integrity and > lOkm from the estuary (2) Streams receiving estuarine water with partial stream degradation (3) Streams in proximity to agricultural land with moderate to severe stream degradation and 5-1Okm from the estuary (4) Streams in proximity to industrial sites with moderate to severe stream degradation and

Author: Christopher Siva
ISBN-10: 3639280679
ISBN-13: 9783639280678
Publisher: VDM Verlag
Language: English
Published: 08/04/2010
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d

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