Effects of sewage water on diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) and water quality in two tropical streams in Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1998, Pages 153-175

  Michels, Astrid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Nutrients; Organic pollution; Tropical streams; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010703509     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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