Factors influencing the variability of pigments in the surface sediments of mountain lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1365-1379

  Buchaca, Teresa ^a,b   Catalan, Jordi ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biofilm; High mountain lakes; Marker pigments; Pyrenees palaeolimnology; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 34249873273     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01774.x     Document Type: Article

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