Phytoplankton community structure in the drainage network of a Mediterranean river system (Aliakmon, Greece)

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 451-468

  Montesanto, Barbara ^a   Tryfon, Eleni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Diversity; Highflow; Lowflow; Mediterranean river system; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; PHYTOPLANKTON;

GREECE;

EID: 0032824613     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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