Freshwater diatom biogeography in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1955-1973

  Bouchard, Giselle ^a,c   Gajewski, K ^a   Hamilton, P B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Canonical correspondence analysis; Diatoms; Distributions; Limnology; Response surfaces

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIMNOLOGY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 10444274136     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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