Factors controlling streambed coverage of Didymosphenia geminata in two regulated streams in the Colorado Front Range

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 630, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-218

  Miller, Matthew P ^a,b   McKnight, Diane M ^a   Cullis, James D ^a   Greene, Alicia ^c   Vietti, Kristin ^d   Liptzin, Daniel ^e  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kansas State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Didymosphenia geminata; Periphyton; Regulated flow; Streams

Indexed keywords

COLORADO FRONT RANGE; DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; FLOOD EVENT; FRESHWATER DIATOMS; LOTIC SYSTEMS; OLIGOTROPHIC LAKES; PERIPHYTON; REGULATED FLOW; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; STREAMBED; STREAMS; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

DAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS;

DISSOLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DAM; DIATOM; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERIPHYTON; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BOULDER CREEK; COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA;

EID: 67449084239     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9793-x     Document Type: Article

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