Benthic diatoms as indicators of eutrophication in tropical streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 573, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-87

  Bellinger, Brent J ^a   Cocquyt, Christine ^b,c   O'Reilly, Catherine M ^d  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Lake Tanganyika; Streams; Trophic Diatom Index (TDI)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; GENES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAKES; STREAM FLOW;

DIATOMS; LAKE TANGANYIKA; TROPHIC DIATOM INDEX (TDI);

ALGAE;

BIOINDICATOR; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; GOMBE NATIONAL PARK; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ACHNANTHES; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; GOMPHONEMA; NAVICULA;

EID: 33750695637     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0262-5     Document Type: Article

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