Factors affecting the periphytic diatom community in Mediterranean coastal wetlands (Empordà wetlands, NE Spain)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-399

  Trobajo, R ^a,b   Quintana, X D ^a   Sabater, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical water composition; Lentic ecosystems; Physical water composition; Productivity conditions; Salt marshes; Species composition

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DIATOM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACILLARIA PAXILLIFER; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; NAVICULA; NAVICULA SALINARUM; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA ARCHIBALDII;

EID: 3843087118     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0160-0375     Document Type: Article

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