Moss distribution in streams of the Quebec Laurentian Mountains

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 748-752

  Cattaneo, Antonella ^a   Fortin, Lucie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic mosses; Fontinalis; Quebec; Streams

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; MOSS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES COMPETITION; STREAM;

AQUATIC PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOSS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

CYANOBACTERIUM; STIGONEMA;

EID: 0033849243     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b00-050     Document Type: Article

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