Distribution patterns of benthic diatoms in a Pampean river exposed to seasonal floods: The Cuarto River (Argentina)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2443-2454

  Martínez De Fabricius, Ana L ^a   Maidana, N ^b   Gomez N ^c   Sabater, S ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Floods; Habitat; Rocks; Sand; South America; Water flow

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DIATOM; FLOODING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARGENTINA;

ACHNANTHES BIASOLETTIANA; ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; AMPHORA MONTANA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIATOMA; DIATOMA MONILIFORMIS; DIATOMA VULGARIS; FALLACIA INSOCIABILIS; FRAGILARIA CAPUCINA; GOMPHONEMA; GOMPHONEMA ANGUSTUM; HANTZSCHIA AMPHIOXYS; LANCEOLATA; LUTICOLA MUTICA; MONILIFORMIS; NAVICULA; NAVICULA CRYPTOCEPHALA VAR. VENETA; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA LACUUM; NITZSCHIA PALEA; NITZSCHIA UMBONATA; PALEA; PLANOTHIDIUM LANCEOLATUM; REIMERIA; SELLAPHORA PUPULA; SYNEDRA ULNA;

EID: 0242370801     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025857715437     Document Type: Article

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