Information

Ecological parameter:  saprobity Sladecek

Parameter group: saproby related parameters

Explanation:
Classification as saprobic indicator (degree to which the decomposition of organic material is occurring in an aquatic environment) following Sladecek (1986). Values taken from OMNIDIA (Lecointe et al., 1993).
Sladecek, V. (1986): Diatoms as indicators of organic pollution. Acta Hydrochim. Hydrobiol. 14 (5): 555-566.
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
saprobic indicator (range: 0.1 - 4)indicatorsaprobic indicator (range: 0.1 - 4)
saprobic weightweightsaprobic weight
Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Surirellacees464 / 6949 - 6.6%