Benthic communities in relation to environmental factors in small high mountain ponds threatened by air pollutants

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 481-492

  Kownacki, Andrzej ^a   Dumnicka, Elzbieta ^a   Kwandrans, Janina ^a   Galas, Joanna ^a   Ollik, Marcin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845370727     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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