Species diversity of pelagic algae in Lake Kivu (East Africa)

Cryptogamie, Algologie

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-269

  Sarmento, Hugo ^a,b   Leitao, Maria ^b   Stoyneva, Maya ^c   Compère, Pierre ^d   Couté, Alain ^e   Isumbisho, Mwapu ^a,f   Descy, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b Bi Eau   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^e Centre Alexandre Koyré Centre de Recherches en Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques   (France)

^f Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu   (Congo)

Author keywords

Algae; Diversity; East Africa; Lake Kivu; Large tropical lake; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CRYPTAULAX; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; FRAGILARIA; LIMNOTHRISSA MIODON; MERISMOPEDIA TROLLERI; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS SP.; NITZSCHIA BACATA; PLANKTOLYNGBYA LIMNETICA; RHODOMONAS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; UROSOLENIA;

EID: 34548331960     PISSN: 01811568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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