How prevalent are pH-specialist diatoms? A reply to Telford et al.(2006)

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Pither, Jason ^a   Aarssen, Lonnie W ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Environmental indicators; Niche breadth; Null models; Specialization

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; NICHE PARTITIONING; PH; SPECIALIST;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33645378762     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00906.x     Document Type: Review

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