The surface water pollution can cause serious ecological disasters. An example is large-
scale fish deaths due to excessive salinity, which is global problem. In order to prevent such …

The effects of urban growth are multidimensional and therefore they cannot be assessed
using only one indicator. The objective of this study was to assess the environmental quality …

The pre sent study analyzed the relationships of two different biological assemblages
(diatom and macroinvertebrate) when they are used to characterize a set of stations (from …

Benthic diatoms are an indispensable link of the water ecological system in terms of energy
flow and material cycling, and they directly or indirectly reflect the status of the water …

The main aim of this study was to investigate the application of benthic diatoms and the
efficiency of diatom indices in water ecological assessment of rivers in Serbia, as well as 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 …

Contemporary assessment of the ecological status of aquatic ecosystems is based on
various groups of organisms, including diatoms. Biological assessment, implemented by the …

A large number of diatom-based classification systems have been developed worldwide in
recent years. These new systems, together with the oldest, emerged on the need to assess …

Urbanization directly affects the ecological status of streams and rivers: Their beds and
drainage basins are often heavily transformed and their habitat conditions disturbed. The …

This study aims at assessing the impact of organic pollution on plankton communities of the
Ouémé River using a Plankton Index of Biotic Integrity (P-IBI) as a tool for ecological heath …