Distribution of phytoplankton in a German lowland river in relation to environmental factors

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 807-820

  Wu, Naicheng ^a   Schmalz, Britta ^a   Fohrer, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); Environmental variables; Non metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS); Weighted averaging regression analysis (WA)

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CALIBRATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GERMANY; KIELSTAU BASIN; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

ALGAE; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; DESMODESMUS COMMUNIS; EUGLENA; FRAGILARIA; NITZSCHIA SIGMOIDEA; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA SP.; PEDIASTRUM DUPLEX; PLANOTHIDIUM LANCEOLATUM; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS DIMORPHUS; TABELLARIA FLOCCULOSA; ULNARIA;

EID: 79953786834     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq139     Document Type: Article

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