Phytoplankton of the Middle Paraná River during an anomalous hydrological period: A morphological and functional approach

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 465-478

  Devercelli, Melina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Drought; Functional groups; Large rivers; Potamoplankton dynamics; Structure

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LARGE RIVERS; POTAMOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; STRUCTURE;

RIVERS;

DROUGHT; FLAGELLATE; FLOODPLAIN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; AULACOSEIRA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOMONAS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); RHODOMONAS MINUTA; SKELETONEMA;

EID: 33646710882     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0036-0     Document Type: Article

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