Air-dispersed phytoplankton in a mediterranean river-reservoir system (aliakmon-polyphytos, Greece)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 877-884

  Chrisostomou, Anastasia ^a   Moustaka Gouni, Maria ^a   Sgardelis, Stefanos ^a   Lanaras, Thomas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALIAKMON RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; KOZANI; POLYPHYTOS RESERVOIR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN MACEDONIA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MOUGEOTIA; ULOTHRIX;

EID: 68349083242     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp038     Document Type: Article

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