Diatom communities in soils influenced by the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-255

  Moravcová, Adéla ^a   Beyens, Louis ^b   van de Vijver, Bart ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal impact; Nutrients; Organic enrichment; Perturbed soils; Soil diatoms; Subantarctica; Wandering albatross

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NEST STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SEABIRD; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 74849084833     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0700-8     Document Type: Article

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