Diatom biodiversity of springs in the berchtesgaden national park (north-eastern alps, Germany), with the ecological and morphological characterization of two species new to science

Diatom Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-280

  Cantonati, Marco ^a   Lange Bertalot, Horst ^b,c  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Berchtesgaden National Park; Diversity; Encyonema sublangebertalotii; Eunotia glacialispinosa; New species; Seepages; Sellaphora perhibita; Species richness; Spring types; Springs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIATOM; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FEN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NATIONAL PARK; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PH; SEEPAGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING WATER; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALPS; BAVARIA; BERCHTESGADEN NATIONAL PARK; GERMANY;

ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DENTICULA TENUIS; DIATOMA HIEMALE; DIPLONEIS; ENCYONEMA; ENCYONEMA MINUTUM; EUCOCCONEIS; EUCOCCONEIS FLEXELLA; EUNOTIA; EUNOTIA ARCUBUS; MERIDION CIRCULARE; NAVICULA; NAVICULA CRYPTOTENELLA; PLANOTHIDIUM LANCEOLATUM; REIMERIA SINUATA; ROSSITHIDIUM; SELLAPHORA;

EID: 77954877161     PISSN: 0269249X     EISSN: 21598347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.2010.9705849     Document Type: Article

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