Are dams hotspots for Didymosphenia geminata blooms?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1856-1863

  Kirkwood, Andrea E ^a,b   Jackson, Leland J ^b   McCauley, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blooms; Dams; Didymosphenia geminata; Invasive species; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA;

EID: 68349130255     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02231.x     Document Type: Article

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