Relationships between surface sediment diatom assemblages and water chemistry gradients in saline lakes of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 331-341

  Roberts, D ^a   McMinn, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic saline lakes; canonical correspondence analysis; diatoms; water chemistry

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; FAUNAL ASSEMBLAGE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SILICATE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANTARCTICA, VESTFOLD HILLS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030301689     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102096000508     Document Type: Article

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