Examination of water quality from the Yarqon river (central Israel) using the glass slide method to define algal vegetative activity (in vitro)

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 113-125

  Tavassi, M ^a   Barinova, S ^a   Nevo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Algae; Artificial substrate; Chlorophyll; Density; Diversity; Ecology; Glass side method; Israel

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 58149083063     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/0603_113125     Document Type: Article

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