Diatoms are of significant ecological importance in aquatic ecosystems, which stems from
their dynamic position at the base of the trophic web as primary producers. Because diatom …

The contemporaneous effect of natural and anthropogenic factors involved in a watershed
contribution to the seasonal and spatial variation of diatom community composition is widely …

Este artículo presenta una revisión acerca del uso de bioindicadores para la evaluación de
la calidad del agua en ríos. El objetivo es presentar investigaciones relacionadas con el …

Agriculture is vital in sustaining human livelihoods. However, agriculture as it is currently
practiced, is contributing to the degradation of freshwater ecosystems globally. We …

This study aimed to assess the impact of land use patterns on water quality and benthic
diatom community structure and to test the applicability of diatom indices developed in other …

The spatial and temporal patterns in benthic diatom community structure in temperate
permanently open estuaries are poorly understood. In this study, we used a combination of …

Stream biomonitoring tools are largely lacking for many developing countries, resulting in
adoption of tools developed from other countries/regions. In many instances, however, the …

This study focused on the spring-fed upper reaches of the economically important Great Fish
River with the aim of determining if diatoms could be used for biomonitoring in semi-arid …

A major flooding event that occurred during October–November 2012 caused major
changes in the Kowie River hydromorphology and aquatic communities. The aim of our …

For more than a century, artificial substrates have been employed in phytobenthos studies.
In the present study, we compared the phytobenthos community structure in a field …