The distribution and abundance of a nuisance native alga, Didymosphen Didymosphenia geminata, in streams of Glacier National Park: Climate drivers and management implications

Park Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  William Schweiger, E ^a   Ashton, Isabel W ^a   Muhlfeld, Clint C ^b   Jones, Leslie A ^b   Bahls, Loren L ^c  

^a NPS Rocky Mountain Inventory and Monitoring Network   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Montana Diatom Collection   (United States)

Author keywords

Alga; Aquatic nuisance species; Climate change; Diatom; Didymosphenia geminata; Glacier National park

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855162694     PISSN: 07359462     EISSN: 10909966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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