Planktonic and epipelic algal communities and their relationship to physical and chemical variables in alpine ponds in Banff National Park, Canada

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-347

  McMaster, Natalie L ^a,b   Schindler, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANKTON; POND;

ALBERTA; BANFF NATIONAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE;

EID: 24744450760     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0337:PAEACA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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