Long-term trends in the diatom composition of the spring bloom of a German reservoir: Is Aulacoseira subarctica favoured by warm winters?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2483-2499

  Horn, Heidemarie ^a   Paul, Lothar ^b   Horn, Wolfgang ^a   Petzoldt, Thomas ^b  

^a Saxon Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aulacoseira subarctica; Climate impacts; Diatom composition; Long term changes; Spring mass development

Indexed keywords

ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA; AULACOSEIRA SUBARCTICA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIATOMA TENUE ELONGATUM; FRAGILARIA CROTONENSIS; SYNEDRA ACUS;

EID: 80054030186     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02674.x     Document Type: Article

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