The role of ultraviolet radiation in structuring epilithic algal communities in Rocky Mountain montane lakes: Evidence from pigments and taxonomy

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1461-1474

  Tank, Suzanne E ^a,b   Schindler, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; PIGMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE;

EID: 11444263267     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-080     Document Type: Article

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