Ecological optima and tolerances of coastal benthic diatoms in the freshwater-mixohaline zone of the Río de la Plata estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 418, Issue , 2010, Pages 105-117

  Licursi, M ^a   Gomez N ^a   Donadelli, J ^a  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autecology; Coastal plain estuary; Diatoms; Epiphyton; Epipsammon; Optima; R o de la Plata; Tolerance range

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; BENTHOS; COASTAL PLAIN; DATA SET; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EPIPHYTE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SHORELINE; TOLERANCE; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; RIO DE LA PLATA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EPIPHYTON;

EID: 78649582302     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08865     Document Type: Article

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