The ecology of freshwater epipelic algae: An update

Phycologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 437-450

  Poulíčková, Aloisie ^a   Hašler, Petr ^a   Lysáková, Monika ^a   Spears, Bryan ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Cyanobacteria; Diversity; Ecology; Ecosystem function; Epipelon; Phytobenthos

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 53049092454     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/07-59.1     Document Type: Review

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