Algal ecology in tailwater stream communities: The Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 734-740

  Blinn, Dean W ^a   Shannon, Joseph P ^a   Benenati, Peggy L ^a   Wilson, Kevin P ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River; Freshwater; Glen Canyon Dam; Large rivers; River impoundments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031782169     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340734.x     Document Type: Review

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