Spatial and temporal variation in algal-assemblage structure in isolated dryland river waterholes, Cooper Creek and Warrego River, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-466

  McGregor, Glenn B ^a,c   Marshall, Jonathan C ^a   Thoms, Martin C ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Cyanobacteria; Dryland rivers; Epipelic diatoms; Epixylic diatoms; Floodplain waterholes; Lake Eyre Basin; Macroalgae; Murray Darling Basin; Phytoplankton; Refugia

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIODIVERSITY; DIATOM; LANDSCAPE; RIVER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COOPER CREEK; NEW SOUTH WALES; WARREGO RIVER;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUGLENIDA;

EID: 33745090824     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05128     Document Type: Article

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