Estimating phytoplankton carbon from microscopic counts: An application for riverine systems

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 438, Issue , 2000, Pages 75-90

  Gosselain, Véronique ^a,b   Hamilton, Paul Brian ^c   Descy, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Centric diatoms; Phytoplankton counts; River

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; ESTIMATION METHOD; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0034314259     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004161928957     Document Type: Article

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