Physical variables driving epiphytic algal biomass in a dense macrophyte bed of the St. Lawrence River (Quebec, Canada)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 534, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 11-22

  Gosselain, Véronique ^a   Hudon, Christiane ^b   Cattaneo, Antonella ^a   Gagnon, Pierre ^b   Planas, Dolors ^a   Rochefort, Denis ^a  

^a GRIL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; CART analysis; Epiphytic algae; Macrophytes; Predictive models; St. Lawrence River

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER LEVELS;

ALGAL BIOMASS; MACROPHYTES; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; RAMIFIED STEMS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; EPIPHYTE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; EPIPHYTON;

EID: 17644393921     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1318-z     Document Type: Article

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