Planktonic diatom communities in High Arctic lakes (Store Koldewey, Northeast Greenland)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1744-1757

  Cremer, Holger ^a   Wagner, Bernd ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Greenland; High arctic; Limnology; Valve morphology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

HIGH ARCTIC LAKES; LIMNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PLANKTONIC DIATOM COMMUNITY; WATER DEPTHS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; LIMNOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; PLANTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AULACOSEIRA; AULACOSEIRA ISLANDICA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYCLOTELLA ANTIQUA; CYCLOTELLA PSEUDOSTELLIGERA; CYCLOTELLA ROSSII; FRAGILARIA; STEPHANODISCUS MINUTULUS;

EID: 14844321348     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-127     Document Type: Article

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