Periphyton-water quality relationships along a nutrient gradient in the northern Florida Everglades

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-449

  Mccormick, Paul V ^a   Rawlik, Peter S ^b   Lurding, Kathy ^c   Smith, Eric P ^d   Sklar, Fred H ^a  

^a EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

algal bioassay; diatoms; eutrophication; Everglades; periphyton; phosphorus; water quality; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANOMOEONEIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRACHYSIRA VITREA; GOMPHONEMA PARVULUM; MASTOGLOIA SMITHII; NITZSCHIA AMPHIBIA; VITREA;

EID: 0030452208     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467797     Document Type: Article

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