The role of substrate type on benthic diatom assemblages in the Daly and Roper Rivers of the Australian wet/dry tropics

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 548, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-115

  Townsend, Simon A ^a   Gell, Peter A ^b  

^a Department of Infrastructure Planning and Environment ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidendron; Epilithon; Epiphyte; Epipsammon; Habitat; Monitoring; Substrata; Surface; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; HYDROLOGY; IONIC CONDUCTION; MONITORING; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES; SURVEYS; TROPICS;

EPIDENDRON; EPILITHON; EPIPHYTES; HABITATS; SUBSTRATA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; SUBSTRATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DALY RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; ROPER RIVER; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 24344472601     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0828-7     Document Type: Article

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