Hydrologic processes influence diatom community composition in Dry Valley streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1057-1073

  Stanish, Lee F ^a   Nemergut, Diana R ^a   McKnight, Diane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; community ecology; diatoms; ecological indicators; hydrology; streams

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COOLING; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOOD; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POLAR REGION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; VOLUME;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 80054814363     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-008.1     Document Type: Article

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