In this paper, we present a review on concepts, current use and anticipated future directions
of biomonitoring approaches and bioindicators used for river ecosystems. Periphyton …

Ecotoxicology faces the challenge of assessing and predicting the effects of an increasing
number of chemical stressors on aquatic species and ecosystems. Herein we review …

This guidebook, now thoroughly updated and revised in its second edition, gives
comprehensive advice on the designing and setting up of monitoring programmes for the …

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 …

Many methods for using diatoms for routine monitoring of water quality have been
developed in Europe and, in some countries, these are being used to enforce environmental …

Current biodiversity assessment and biomonitoring are largely based on the morphological
identification of selected bioindicator taxa. Recently, several attempts have been made to …

Despite an increased awareness by governments and the general public of the need for
protecting all types of aquatic habitats, human impacts continue to impair the services that …

The rivers and streams of the Pampean plain are subjected to the impact of agriculture,
cattle-raising and industrial activities. The largest urban center of Argentina is located here …

Periphyton assemblage data collected from 233 stream site-visits (49 in 1993, 56 in 1994,
and 128 in 1995) throughout the Mid-Appalachian region were used to develop a periphyton …

Development of a practical diatom index of overall water quality applicable to the French
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