Modern diatom assemblages in surface sediments from the Maritime Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec (Canada)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 43-65

  Lapointe, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatom abundance; Diatoms; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Hydrographic relation; Q mode factor analysis; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

ACHNANTHES; AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS; CHRISTIA; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; PARALIA SULCATA; TABELLARIA; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA ANTARCTICA; THALASSIOSIRA PACIFICA;

EID: 0033858521     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(00)00031-1     Document Type: Article

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