Diatoms in ponds and small lakes of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal - Relationships with chemical and habitat characteristics

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-65

  Simkhada, Bishnu ^a,b   Jüttner, Ingrid ^c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Habitat character; Lakes; Nepal; Ponds; Substrate specificity; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HABITAT QUALITY; LAKE; POND; SUBSTRATE; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ACHNANTHES; ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EOLIMNA MINIMA; FRAGILARIA; GOMPHONEMA; GOMPHONEMA PARVULUM; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA PALEA;

EID: 33745794843     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0041     Document Type: Article

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