The fate of diatom carbon within a freshwater benthic community - A microcosm study

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 452-460

  Gullberg, Karl R ^a   Goedkoop, Willem ^a,b   Johnson, Richard K ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHYDORUS; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; STEPHANODISCUS HANTZSCHII;

EID: 0030753540     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.3.0452     Document Type: Article

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