How many freshwater diatoms are pH specialists? A response to Pither & Aarssen (2005)

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Telford, Richard J ^a,b   Vandvik, Vigdis ^b   Birks, H J B ^a,b,c  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Diversity; Environmental indicators; Niche breadth; Specialization

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; NICHE PARTITIONING; PH; SPECIALIST;

ADAPTATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIATOM; ECOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLASSIFICATION; DIATOMS; ECOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33645348513     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00875.x     Document Type: Review

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