Phytoplankton community structure in the lower reaches of a Mediterranean river (Aliakmon, Greece)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-191

  Montesanto, Barbara ^b   Ziller, Stephanie ^b   Danielidis, Daniel ^b   Economou Amilli, Athena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER;

GREECE;

APHANIZOMENON; CHLAMYDOMONAS; COELASTRUM MICROPORUM; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; EUGLENA INTERMEDIA; EUGLENA VIRIDIS; FRAGILARIA ULNA; LEPOCINCLIS OVUM; LEPOCINCLIS STEINII; LIMNOTHRIX; MONORAPHIDIUM CONTORTUM; NITZSCHIA PALEA; PHACUS CAUDATUS; PSEUDANABAENA LIMNETICA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 0033975584     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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