Structural characteristics of phytoplankton assemblages in tidal and non-tidal freshwater systems: A case study from the Schelde basin, Belgium

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 263-276

  Muylaert, Koenraad ^a,b   Van Kerckvoorde, Andy ^a   Vyverman, Wim ^a   Sabbe, Koen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIDAL SYSTEM;

NETHERLANDS; SCHELDE ESTUARY;

EID: 0030687957     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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