Mechanisms of lotic microalgal colonization following space-clearing disturbances acting at different spatial scales

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 417-435

  Peterson, Christopher G ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DIATOM; DISTURBANCE; SCALE;

USA, ARIZONA, SYCAMORE CREEK;

EID: 0030303282     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545932     Document Type: Article

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