Diatoms and biomonitoring: Should cell size be accounted for?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 573, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Lavoie, Isabelle ^a   Campeau, Stéphane ^b   Fallu, Marie Andrée ^b   Dillon, Peter J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Biovolume; Cell surface; Diatom community structure; Relative abundance; Valve area

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIOASSESSMENT; BIOVOLUME CALCULATION; CELL SURFACE AREA; DIATOM COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; VALVE AREA;

CELL CULTURE;

BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33749247694     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0223-z     Document Type: Article

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