CHOICE OF MACROPHYTE SUBSTRATE IN THE USE OF DIATOMS AS INDICATORS OF POND WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT: PRELIMINARY DATA ON THE CASE OF ALALAY POND (COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA)
Alalay Pond is a 230-hectare, shallow aquatic ecosystem within Cochabamba, the third largest city in Bolivia. With the aim to determine the suitability of epiphytic diatoms for water quality assessment in the pond and to choose a substrate that would hold a representative bioindicator epiphytic comm...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Romanian Limnogeographical Association
2012-06-01
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Series: | Lakes Reservoirs and Ponds |
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Online Access: | http://www.limnology.ro/Lakes/2012/201206102.pdf |