Spatial and seasonal variations in benthic algal assemblages in streams in monsoonal Hong Kong

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 632, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-200

  Yang, Grace Y ^a   Tang, Tao ^b   Dudgeon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Balitoridae; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Grazers; Periphyton; Spates

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BALITORIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; GRAZERS; PERIPHYTONS; SPATES;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BASEFLOW; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYPRINID; DIATOM; GROWTH FORM; PERIPHYTON; REGENERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BALITORIDAE; COBITIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; PSEUDOGASTROMYZON;

EID: 70349995986     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9838-1     Document Type: Article

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