river health

Use of Diatoms in River Health Assessment

Xing Wang, Binghui Zheng, Lusan Liu & Li Li · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

We review the use of diatoms in monitoring and assessment of river health in the world. First, we summarize the use of diatoms as indicators of nutritional status, acidification, and organic and metal pollution. We then examine some problems that have been associated with diatoms...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/11963

Are Diatom-based Indices from Europe Suitable for River Health assessment in China? A Case Study from Taizi River, Northeastern China

Xiaodong Qu, Ying Zhou, Rui Zhao, Catherine Bentsen, Xuwang Yin & Yuan Zhang · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2014

Aims: Diatom-based indices are widely used for river health assessment. Many such indices were originally developed in European countries based on a specific taxa list of benthic diatoms. Thus, the transferability of these indices to other rivers and geographic locations has been...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2014/8577