Regional diatom body size distributions in streams: Does size vary along environmental, spatial and diversity gradients?

Ecoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-274

  Soininen, Janne ^a   Kokocinski, Mikolaj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body size; Diatoms; Latitude; Unicellular

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAMWATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33746172645     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-13-2-271.1     Document Type: Article

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