Hydrological seasonality and benthic algal biomass in a Neotropical floodplain river

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-170

  Montoya, José V ^a   Roelke, Daniel L ^a   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a   Cotner, James B ^b   Snider, Jennifer A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Cinaruco River; Flood pulse; Hydrological connectivity; Nutrients; Orinoco Basin; Seasonality; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOMASS; FLOOD WAVE; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOBENTHOS; RIVER; SESTON;

CINARUCO RIVER; ORINOCO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ALGAE;

EID: 33645692099     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[157:HSABAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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