Seasonality and diversity of epipelic diatoms in two wetlands of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-36

  Nahar, Khurshid ^a,b   Khondker, Moniruzzaman ^a   Sultana, Munira ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Epipelic diatoms; Melosira; Sitlai Beel; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954756689     PISSN: 02535416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjb.v39i1.5523     Document Type: Article

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