Water quality and phytoplankton communities in Lake Qarun (Egypt)

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 350-362

  Fathi, Adel A ^a   Flower, Roger J ^b  

^a El Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phytoplankton; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; BIRKET QARUN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; EL FAIYUM [EGYPT]; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 25444450041     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-005-0777-2     Document Type: Article

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