According to the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the status of European surface waters is
assessed using aquatic organism groups. Here we present an overview of 297 assessment …

Algae have been used for a century in environmental assessments of water bodies and are
now used in countries around the world. This review synthesizes recent advances in the …

This is the second edition of Freshwater Algae; the popular guide to temperate freshwater
algae. This book uniquely combines practical information on sampling and experimental …

Diatoms are a very diverse group of microalgae that encompass about 100 000 taxa. This
makes an excellent bioindicator especially of rivers. The majority of biotic indices based on …

Assessments of environmental conditions in rivers and streams with diatoms have a long
history, which has resulted in the development of the two basic conceptual and analytical …

Diatoms are frequently used for water quality assessments; however, identification to
species level is difficult, time‐consuming and needs in‐depth knowledge of the organisms …

An index of riparian quality useful for the management of streams and rivers is presented.
The purpose of the index is to provide managers with a simple method to evaluate riparian …

Two major arguments in favor of using diatoms in water-quality assessments are that their
distributions are cosmopolitan and their ecology is well studied. If these assumptions are …

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 …

An important goal for community ecology is the characterization and prediction of changes in
community patterns along environmental gradients. We aimed to identify the major …