Contributions of habitat sampling and alkalinity to diatom diversity and distributional patterns in streams: Implications for conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 643-661

  Smucker, Nathan J ^a,b   Vis, Morgan L ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance distribution; Acidification; Algae; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Local regional; Periphyton; pH; Sampling method; Species area relationship (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIATOM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PERIPHYTON; PH; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79951768623     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9972-0     Document Type: Article

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