caa a22 4500 445891165 CHVBK 20180317145616.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10750-011-0772-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10750-011-0772-7 Applicability of borrowed diatom-based water quality assessment indices in streams around São Carlos-SP, Brazil [Elektronische Daten] [Taurai Bere, José Tundisi] Diatom-based indices are increasingly becoming important tools for the assessment of ecological conditions in lotic systems. The applicability of regional and foreign diatom-based water quality assessment indices to streams around São Carlos-SP, Brazil, is discussed. The relationship between measured water quality variables and diatom index scores was assessed. The indices, when compared to chemical analyses, proved useful in providing an indication of the quality of the investigated waters. Though all borrowed indices were applicable to the study area because many widely distributed diatom species have similar environmental tolerances to those recorded for these species elsewhere, ecological requirements of some diatom species from Brazil need to be clarified and incorporated in a diatom-based water quality assessment protocol unique to the region. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Diatoms nationallicence Indices nationallicence Water quality nationallicence Biomonitoring nationallicence Bere Taurai Instituto Internacional de Ecologia, Rua Bento Carlos, 750, Centro, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil aut Tundisi José Instituto Internacional de Ecologia, Rua Bento Carlos, 750, Centro, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil aut Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 673/1(2011-09-01), 179-192 0018-8158 673:1<179 2011 673 10750 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0772-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0772-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bere Taurai Instituto Internacional de Ecologia, Rua Bento Carlos, 750, Centro, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tundisi José Instituto Internacional de Ecologia, Rua Bento Carlos, 750, Centro, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 673/1(2011-09-01), 179-192 0018-8158 673:1<179 2011 673 10750 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer