Some of the proxies used to identify palaeotsunamis are reviewed in light of new findings
following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2009 South Pacific Tsunami, and a …

The halite-encrusted salt pans (salars) present at low elevations in the hyperarid core of the
Atacama Desert in northern Chile are unique features of one of the driest and possibly …

A index for monitoring the trophic status of rivers based on diatom composition (‚trophic
diatom index', TDI) has been developed, in response to the National Rivers Authority …

This study presents results from a multi-proxy analysis of cores taken in a crater-lake
sequence from Eski Acigöl in centr-al Turkey which cover the period from pre-c. 16000 cal …

The European Union's Water Framework Directive requires all water bodies to achieve
'good ecological status' by 2015 and this paper describes a rationale for defining 'good …

Restoration of shallow lakes degraded by eutrophication has often been protracted as a
consequence of the accumulation and subsequent releases of phosphorus in their …

Benthic algal communities are shaped by the availability of nutrients and light and by
herbivore consumption. Many studies have examined how one of these factors affects algal …

Shallow ponds in southeast England are often eutrophic with high phosphorus
concentrations. The aim of this study was to develop a diatom-phosphorus 'transfer …

Aim Data and analyses of elevational gradients in diversity have been central to the
development and evaluation of a range of general theories of biodiversity. Elevational …

Benthic diatoms are relevant indicators of the ecological status of the littoral zone of lakes.
Their use as bio-indicators is based on their morphological identification at species level …