Epilithic diatom assemblages in rivers draining into Golfo Dulce (Costa Rica) and their relationship to water chemistry, habitat characteristics and land use

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-190

  Michels, Astrid ^a,b,c   Umaña, Gerardo ^b   Raeder, Uta ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Diatoms; Monitoring; Tropical streams; Water quality; Weighted averaging regression

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33645358899     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0165-0167     Document Type: Article

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