Diversity and ecology of extant and Quaternary Australian charophytes (Charales)

Cryptogamie, Algologie

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-340

  García, Adriana ^a   Chivas, Allan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Charophytes; Depth; Diversity; Ecology; Palaeolimnology; Quaternary; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CHAROPHYTE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUATERNARY; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CHARACEAE; CHARALES;

EID: 33845427918     PISSN: 01811568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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