Epiphytic diatoms as flood indicators

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-42

  Wiklund, Johan A ^a   Bozinovski, Natalie ^a   Hall, Roland I ^a   Wolfe, Brent B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial substrate; Epiphytic diatoms; Flooding; Hydroecology; Peace Athabasca delta; Pulse disturbance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ECOHYDROLOGY; EPIPHYTE; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HURRICANE; MACROPHYTE; OIL SPILL; OXBOW LAKE; POND; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SUBSTRATE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; POTAMOGETON ZOSTERIFORMIS;

EID: 77952671177     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9383-y     Document Type: Article

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