Distribution of freshwater diatom didymosphenia geminata in streams in the Sierra Nevada, USA, in relation to water chemistry and bedrock geology

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 665, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-167

  Rost, Andy L ^a   Fritsen, Christian H ^b   Davis, Clinton J ^b,c  

^a Sierra Nevada College   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedrock geology; Didymosphenia geminate; Nuisance algal blooms; Stalked diatoms; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BEDROCK; DIATOM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMWATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIDYMOSPHENIA; DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA;

EID: 79955860745     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0617-4     Document Type: Article

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