Substrate characteristics affect colonization by the bloom-forming diatom Didymosphenia geminata

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Bergey, Elizabeth A ^a   Cooper, Joshua T ^a   Phillips, Barret C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatom colonization; Invasive species; Periphyton; Rock substrata; Substrate texture

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOFILM; CHLOROPHYLL; COLONIZATION; DIATOM; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERIPHYTON; RANGE EXPANSION; SANDSTONE; SHALE; STREAM; SUBSTRATE;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIDYMOSPHENIA; DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA;

EID: 77049104690     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9247-6     Document Type: Article

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