Diatom communities of lake/stream networks in the Tatra Mountains, Poland, and the Swiss Alps

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 21-35

  Kawecka, Barbara ^a   Robinson, Christopher T ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine streams; Diatom structural complexity; Epilithon; Lake outlets; Swiss National Park; Tatra National Park

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DIVERSITY INDEX; LAKE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALPS; CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GASIENICOWA VALLEY; GRAUBUNDEN; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; SWISS NATIONAL PARK; SWITZERLAND; TATRA MOUNTAINS; TATRAS NATIONAL PARK;

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; AULACOSEIRA ALPIGENA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIATOMA HIEMALE; FRAGILARIA CAPUCINA; GOMPHONEMA PARVULUM; PSAMMOTHIDIUM; PSAMMOTHIDIUM MARGINULATUM; PSAMMOTHIDIUM SUBATOMOIDES; TABELLARIA FLOCCULOSA;

EID: 53849133463     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-008-0002-4     Document Type: Article

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