Biological monitoring for acidification by acid rain using diatom assemblages

Abstract

The history, type of diatom assemblages, sampling methods and statistical methods of biological monitoring for acidification, were studied. We examined published papers and discussed the problem of applying this monitoring to eastern Asia including Japan. Though, a technical challenge was thought to exist, a data set for this study did not exist in Japan and eastern Asia, and so we could not evaluate this problem. The construction of a data set for application to eastern Asia and Japan, is clearly needed.