Information
Ecological parameter: salinity Huestedt
Parameter group: habitat related parameters
Explanation:
Classification as salinity indicator (measure of the total quantity of dissolved solids in water) following Hustedt. Two different classifactions are provided: values by Hustedt (1953) and Hustedt (1957), both taken from OMNIDIA (Lecointe et al., 1993).
Van Dam, H., Mertens, A. & Sinkeldam, J. (1994): A coded checklist and ecological indicator values of freshwater diatoms from the Netherlands. Netherlands J. Aquatic Ecol. 28 (1): 117-133.
Lecointe, C., Coste, M. & Prygiel, J. (1993): OMNIDIA software for taxonomy, calculation of diatom indices and inventories management. Hydrobiologia 269/270: 509-513.
Type of assignment: single category assignment system ()
A description of the coding system can be found here Abbreviations/Coding Systems
Abbreviations:
| Category name: | Abbreviations: | Explanation: |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | polyhalobous (Huestedt 1953) |
| 3 | 3 | polyhalobous to mesohalobous (Huestedt 1953) |
| 4 | 4 | mesohalobous (Huestedt 1953) |
| 5 | 5 | mesohalobous to oligohalobous halophilous (Huestedt 1953) |
| 6 | 6 | mesohalobous to oligohalobous indifferent (Huestedt 1953) |
| 7 | 7 | oligohalobous halophilous (Huestedt 1953) |
| 8 | 8 | oligohalobous halophilous to indifferent (Huestedt 1953) |
| 9 | 9 | oligohalobous indifferent (Huestedt 1953) |
| 10 | 10 | oligohalobous indifferent to halophobous (Huestedt 1953) |
| 11 | 11 | oligohalobous halophobous (Huestedt 1953) |
| 2 | 2 | polyhalobous (Huestedt 1957) |
| 3 | 3 | polyhalobous to alpha- mesohalobous (Huestedt 1957) |
| 4 | 4 | polyhalobous to beta- mesohalobous (Huestedt 1957) |
| 5 | 5 | mesohalobous to euryhaline (Huestedt 1957) |
| 6 | 6 | alpha-mesohalobous (Huestedt 1957) |
| 7 | 7 | beta-mesohalobous (Huestedt 1957) |
| 8 | 8 | alpha-mesohalobous to oligohalobous halophilous (Huestedt 1957) |
| 9 | 9 | beta-mesohalobous to oligohalobous halophilous (Huestedt 1957) |
| 10 | 10 | alpha-mesohalobous to oligohalobous indifferent (Huestedt 1957) |
| 11 | 11 | beta-mesohalobous to oligohalobous indifferent (Huestedt 1957) |
| 12 | 12 | oligohalobous halophilous (Huestedt 1957) |
| 13 | 13 | oligohalobous halophilous to indifferent (Huestedt 1957) |
| 14 | 14 | oligohalobous indifferent (Huestedt 1957) |
| 15 | 15 | oligohalobous indifferent to halophobous (Huestedt 1957) |
| 16 | 16 | oligohalobous halophobous (Huestedt 1957) |