Species composition and habitat associations of benthic algal assemblages in headwater streams of the Sierra Nevada, California

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-209

  Brown, Larry R ^a   May, Jason T ^a   Hunsaker, Carolyn T ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; California; Chlorophyll a; Diatom assemblages; Headwater streams; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUNOTIA INCISA; EUNOTIA PECTINALIS; PLANOTHIDIUM LANCEOLATUM;

EID: 46249101810     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[194:SCAHAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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