Hydrological controls on the diatom assemblage of a seasonal arctic river: Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 259-270

  Stewart, Kailey A ^a   Lamoureux, Scott F ^a   Forbes, Andrew C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic hydrology; Diatoms; Discharge; Environmental threshold; Seasonal; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ARCTIC HYDROLOGY; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD; SEASONAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

RIVERS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MELTWATER; SEASONALITY;

BOOTHIA PENINSULA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACHNANTHES; ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYMBELLA ARCTICA; CYMBELLA SILESIACA; DIATOMA; DIATOMA TENUIS; ENCYONEMA; ENCYONEMA FOGEDII; ENCYONEMA MINUTUM; FRAGILARIA CAPUCINA;

EID: 24644518540     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0864-3     Document Type: Article

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