A 91-year record of seasonal and interannual variability of diatoms from laminated sediments in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-194

  McQuoid, Melissa R ^a   Hobson, Louis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; LONG-TERM RECORDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL SUCCESSION; SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARIABILITY;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SAANICH INLET;

RHIZOSOLENIA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 0030617906     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.2.173     Document Type: Article

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