Changes in epilithic diatom assemblages in a Mediterranean high mountain lake (Laguna de La Caldera, Sierra Nevada, Spain) after a period of drought

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-55

  Sánchez Castillo, Pedro M ^a   Linares Cuesta, J Eduardo ^b   Fernandez Moreno D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Epilithon; Nutrients; Oligotrophic lakes; Sierra Nevada; Spain

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DIVERSITY INDEX; DROUGHT; EPILITHON; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; ENCYONEMA MINUTUM; FRAGILARIA; HANTZSCHIA AMPHIOXYS; MICROCEPHALA; NAVICULA CRYPTOCEPHALA; NITZSCHIA SUBLINEARIS;

EID: 51249113625     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2008.49     Document Type: Article

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