The colonization of periphytic diatom species on artificial substrates in the Ashar canal, Basrah, Iraq

Limnologica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-61

  Hameed, H A ^a  

^a SALAHADDIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Ashar canal; Colonization; Diatom species; Percent occurrence; Periphyton; Primary colonizer; Similarity index

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; PERIPHYTON; SUCCESSION;

ASHAR CANAL; BASRAH; IRAQ;

AMPHORA; AMPHORA OVALIS; BACILLARIA PARADOXA; BACILLARIA PAXILLIFER; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; CYCLOTELLA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; CYMBELLA; CYMBELLA VENTRICOSA; ENCYONEMA SILESIACUM; NAVICULA; NAVICULA TRIPUNCTATA; RHOICOSPHENIA; RHOICOSPHENIA CURVATA; SYNEDRA; SYNEDRA ULNA;

EID: 0038320054     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0075-9511(03)80007-5     Document Type: Article

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