Evaluating the influence of environmental and spatial variables on diatom species distributions from Melville Island (Canadian High Arctic)

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-90

  Keatley, Bronwyn E ^a   Douglas, Marianne S V ^b   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration studies; Canadian high Arctic; Diatom; Melville Island; pH; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; LAKES; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

CALIBRATION STUDIES; CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC; MELVILLE ISLAND;

BIODIVERSITY;

CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; MELVILLE ISLAND [QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS]; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 40449090346     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-118     Document Type: Article

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