Regional distribution of diatom assemblages in the headwater streams of Luxembourg

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 520, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 105-117

  Rimet, F ^a   Ector, L ^a   Gauchie, H M ^a   Hoffmann, L ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Benthic diatoms; Geology; Streams; Type assemblages; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBONATES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; GEOLOGY; NUTRITION; POLLUTION; STREAM FLOW;

DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; ORGANIC MATTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEADWATER; STREAM; WATER POLLUTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM]; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 3242883837     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000027730.12964.8c     Document Type: Article

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