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.

Type of assignment: metric value (1 to 5); including weight (1 to 3)
A description of the coding system can be found here  Abbreviations/Coding Systems

Abbreviations:

Category name:	Abbreviations:	Explanation:
pollution indicator	indicator	pollution indicator
pollution weight	weight	pollution weight