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Water SA

versión On-line ISSN 1816-7950
versión impresa ISSN 0378-4738

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HARDING, WR  y  TAYLOR, JC. Diatoms as indicators of historical water quality: A comparison of samples taken in the Wemmershoek catchment (Western Province, South Africa) in 1960 and 2008. Water SA [online]. 2014, vol.40, n.4, pp.601-606. ISSN 1816-7950.

ABSTRACT Historical diatom records provide a means of retrospectively determining water quality and inferring ecological condition in rivers and streams. In this study we re-sampled sites originally sampled 48 years previously. We then determined the scores for the Biological Diatom Index (BDI) and the South African Diatom Index (SADI) for each dataset. The results revealed that the present day conditions in this relatively undisturbed locality were almost identical to those reflected by the samples collected half a century before. This illustrates the value of historical diatom data for the purposes of determining antecedent water quality.

Palabras clave : diatoms; water quality; South Africa; Biological Diatom Index; South African Diatom Index.

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