Environmental and biological factors affect desiccation tolerance of algae from two rivers (Thailand and New Zealand) with fluctuating flow

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 725-736

  Bergey, Elizabeth A ^a   Bunlue, Pensri ^b   Silalom, Somyot ^b   Thapanya, Decha ^b   Chantaramongkol, Porntip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Algal grazing; Benthic algae; Hydropower peaking; Periphyton ecology; Regulated rivers; Stream drying; Varial zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855138902     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-068.1     Document Type: Article

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