Temporal and altitudinal variations in the attached algae of mountain streams in Colorado

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 390, Issue , 1998, Pages 99-106

  Vavilova, Valentina V ^a   Lewis Jr , William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal succession; Attached algae; Mountain streams; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALTITUDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MOUNTAIN STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032458468     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003526306724     Document Type: Article

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