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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.


Abbreviations:
Category name:Abbreviations:Explanation:
22polyhalobous
33polyhalobous to mesohalobous
44mesohalobous
55mesohalobous to oligohalobous halophilous
66mesohalobous to oligohalobous indifferent
77oligohalobous halophilous
88oligohalobous halophilous to indifferent
99oligohalobous indifferent
1010oligohalobous indifferent to halophobous
1111oligohalobous halophobous
22polyhalobous
33polyhalobous to alpha- mesohalobous
44polyhalobous to beta- mesohalobous
55mesohalobous to euryhaline
66alpha-mesohalobous
77beta-mesohalobous
88alpha-mesohalobous to oligohalobous halophilous
99beta-mesohalobous to oligohalobous halophilous
1010alpha-mesohalobous to oligohalobous indifferent
1111beta-mesohalobous to oligohalobous indifferent
1212oligohalobous halophilous
1313oligohalobous halophilous to indifferent
1414oligohalobous indifferent
1515oligohalobous indifferent to halophobous
1616oligohalobous halophobous