Constrains on the use of phytoplankton as a biological quality indicator within the Water Framework Directive in portuguese waters

The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD), a new regulation aiming to achieve and maintain a clean and well-managed water environment, refers to phy­toplank­ton as one of the biological quality elements that should be regularly monitored, and upon which the reference conditions of water qua...

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Main Author: Domingues, Rita B. (author)
Other Authors: Barbosa, Ana B. (author), Galvão, Helena M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/1892
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/1892