COLONIZATION OF PERIPHYTIC ALGAE ON ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES IN A TROPICAL STREAM

Diatom Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-322

  Lam, Paul Kwan Sing ^a   Lei, Anping ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; COLONIALISM; COLONIZATION; PERIPHYTON; STREAM;

CHINA; HONG KONG; LAM TSUEN RIVER;

ACHNANTHES MINUTISSIMA; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; GOMPHONEMA ANGUSTATUM; GOMPHONEMA PARVULUM; GOMPHONEMA RHOMBICUM; MOUGEOTIA; NITZSCHIA PALEA; SCHIZOTHRIX CALCICOLA; SPIROGYRA; STIGEOCLONIUM AESTIVALE; SYNEDRA RUMPENS;

EID: 0033387616     PISSN: 0269249X     EISSN: 21598347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.1999.9705472     Document Type: Article

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