Responses of diatom communities to heavy metals in streams: The influence of longitudinal variation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 631-644

  Medley, C Nicolas ^a   Clements, William H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatom communities; Heavy metals; Longitudinal variation; Morphological growth forms; Rocky Mountain streams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DIATOM; HEAVY METAL; STREAM;

CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ACHNANTHES MINUTISSIMA; DIATOMA VULGARE; FRAGILARIA VAUCHERIAE; MELOSIRA VARIANS;

EID: 0031928347     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0631:RODCTH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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