A comparison of the influences of urbanization in contrasting environmental settings on stream benthic algal assemblages

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue 47, 2005, Pages 333-359

  Potapova, Marina ^a   Coles, James F ^b   Giddings, Elise M P ^b   Zappia, Humbert ^c  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c US Geological Survey ^*  (United States)

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ALGAE;

EID: 33846252318     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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