The Val Roseg project: Temporal and spatial patterns of benthic algae in an Alpine stream ecosystem influenced by glacier runoff

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 248, Issue , 1998, Pages 419-424

  Uehlinger, Urs ^a   Zah, Rainer ^a   Bürgi, Hansruedi ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHANNEL FLOW; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MARINE BIOLOGY; RUNOFF;

AUTOCHTHONOUS ENERGY FIXATION;

ALGAE;

ALGA; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; ECOSYSTEM; GLACIER; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032317201     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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