Cyanobacteria - A neglected component of biodiversity: Patterns of species diversity in inland marshes of northern Belize (Central America)

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-199

  Rejmánková, Eliška ^a   Komárek, Jiří ^b   Komárková, Jaroslava ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cyanobacterial mats; Nutrients; Salinity; Species diversity; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; MARSH; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BELIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; MUS;

EID: 2342571574     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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