Current velocity and the establishment of stream algal periphyton communities

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Ghosh, Mita ^a   Gaur, Jai P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biovolume; Colonization; Current velocity; Diatoms; Epilithic algae

Indexed keywords

GLASS; WATER;

ALGAE; CURRENT VELOCITY; PERIPHYTON; STREAM;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY; DIATOM; FLOW RATE; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN;

CALONEIS BACILLUM; GOMPHONEMA LANCEOLATUM; GOMPHONEMA OLIVACEUM; GOMPHONEMA PARVULUM; NAVICULA CRYPTOCEPHALA; PINNULARIA GIBBA; SURIRELLA OVATA;

EID: 0031941293     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(97)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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