Use of benthos in lake monitoring

Journal Article · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980 · J. Water Pollut. Control Fed.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5375718

Wiederholm, T

The paper discusses the rationale behind the use of biological variables in environmental monitoring of lakes, as well as the principles of variable selection and the limitations of data usability. Profundal benthic communities are suggested to be an integral measure of autotrophic and heterotrophic lake processes. Measures of community structure and their relationship to morphometric and edaphic factors are presented and discussed, including indicator species/communities, diversity/species richness, oligochaete/chironomid ratio, and oligochaete abundance.

• Research Organization: Swedish Environment Protection Board, Uppsala
• OSTI ID: 5375718
• Journal Information: J. Water Pollut. Control Fed.; (United States), Vol. 52:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BENTHOS
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
LAKES
MONITORING
WATER POLLUTION
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
CHLOROPHYLL
DEPTH
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLOWSHEETS
GRAPHS
INVERTEBRATES
PHOSPHORUS
POPULATIONS
TABLES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
DATA
DATA FORMS
DIAGRAMS
DIMENSIONS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYTOCHROMES
PIGMENTS
POLLUTION
PORPHYRINS
SURFACE WATERS
520200* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)