The effects of copper and zinc on biomass and taxonomic composition of algal periphyton communities from the River Gharasou, Western Iran

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 3-14

  Atazadeh, Islam ^a,b   Kelly, Martyn ^c   Sharifi, Mozafar ^a   Beardall, John ^d  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Natural Resources Research Center   (Iran)

^c Bowburn Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Artificial stream; Biomass; Heavy metals; Taxonomic composition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL COMMUNITY; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COPPER; DRY MATTER; PERIPHYTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; ZINC;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; KERMANSHAH; MIDDLE EAST;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE;

EID: 70350074918     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-009-0027-3     Document Type: Article

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