Information

Ecological parameter:  pollution IPS

Parameter group: pollution related parameters

Explanation:
Classification as pollution indicator following the Specific Pollution Sensitivity Metric (IPS; Coste, 1987). Values taken from OMNIDIA (Lecointe et al., 1993).
Coste, M. (1987): Etude des méthods biologique quantitatives d'appréciation de la qualité des eaux. Rapport Division Qualité des Eaux Lyon. Agence de l'Eau Rhône, 28.
Lecointe, C., Coste, M. & Prygiel, J. (1993): OMNIDIA software for taxonomy, calculation of diatom indices and inventories management. Hydrobiologia 269/270: 509-513.

Abbreviations:
Category nameAbbreviationExplanation
pollution indicatorindicatorpollution indicator
pollution weightweightpollution weight
Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Surirellacees2086 / 6949 - 30%