Determinants of benthic diatom community structure in boreal streams: The role of environmental and spatial factors at different scales

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-150

  Soininen, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Finland; Multivariate statistics; Streams; Variation partition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 23744476593     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200310714     Document Type: Article

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