Influence of drought on algal biofilms and meiofaunal assemblages of temperate reservoirs and rivers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 598, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-94

  Caramujo, Maria José ^a   Mendes, Carlos Rafael B ^a   Cartaxana, Paulo ^a   Brotas, Vanda ^a   Boavida, Maria José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carotenoid pigments; Mediterranean climate; Meiofauna; Micro crustaceans; Microalgae; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

CAROTENOID PIGMENTS; CYCLOPOID COPEPODS; DIATOMS; HABITAT ALTERATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE; MEIOFAUNA; MICRO-CRUSTACEANS; PERIPHYTON;

BIOFILMS;

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MICROALGA; PERIPHYTON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; HARPACTICOIDA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 37549002044     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9141-y     Document Type: Article

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