Assessing the short-term response of stream diatoms to acidity using inter-basin transplantations and chemical diffusing substrates

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1072-1088

  Hirst, Heike ^a,c   Chaud, Fabrice ^a   Delabie, Clotilde ^a   Jüttner, Ingrid ^b   Ormerod, S J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Bioindicators; Diatoms; Diffusing substrates; Grazers; Transplantation; Wales

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; DIATOM; SEDIMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LLYN BRIANNE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACHNANTHIDIUM; ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUNOTIA; EUNOTIA EXIGUA;

EID: 3543042531     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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