Using benthic diatom communities and diatom indices to assess water pollution in the Puck Bay (southern Baltic Sea) littoral zone

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 131-157

  Bogaczewicz Adamczak, Bozena ^a   Dziengo, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Benthic diatoms; Diatom indices; Omnidia 3 software; Organic matter pollution; Puck Bay; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949111378     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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