A review of methods for measuring the surface area of stream substrates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-16

  Bergey, Elizabeth A ^a   Getty, Gail M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal sampling; Artificial substrates; Macrophytes; Periphyton; Planar area; Stone area; Substrata

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALGAL SAMPLING; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; MACROPHYTES; PERIPHYTON; PLANAR AREA; STONE AREA; SUBSTRATA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; STREAM BED; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE AREA;

ALGAE;

EID: 29344465746     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1042-3     Document Type: Review

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