Determining the environmental preferences of four estuarine epipelic diatom taxa: Growth across a range of salinity, nitrate and ammonium conditions

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-182

  Underwood, Graham J C ^a   Provot, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Diatoms; Estuarine; Growth; Microphytobenthos; Nitrate; Nutrients; Prefere nces; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIATOM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; NITRATE; SALINITY;

AMMONIUM; DIATOM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GROWTH RATE; NITRATE; SALINITY;

CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM; NAVICULA PERMINUTA; NAVICULA PHYLLEPTA; NAVICULA SALINARUM;

EID: 0033947593     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026200002705     Document Type: Article

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