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Hydrobiological Journal

ISSN for PRINT: 0018-8166

Institutional price:	$1994.00
Issues per year:	6

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2005, Volume41

126 pages

Issue price - $369.00

Structure of Populations of Planktonic Algae and Lake Trophicity: Possibility of Application of Ecological Indices in Continued Monitoring of Trophic Status

R. A. Danilov
Department of Applied Science, Mid Sweden University, 87188 Harnosand, Sweden

ABSTRACT

The efficiency of various ecological indices (Margalef’s, Menhinick’s, Shannon’s, Simpson’s, Hurlbet’s, saprobic indices, as well as cluster analysis) based on phytoplankton communities were studied while assessing eutrophication processes in lakes. Only Menhinick’s index and cluster analysis proved to be effective in determination of the eutrophication level of lakes.