Benthic diatoms of the Vistula River estuary (Northern Poland): Seasonality, substrata preferences, and the influence of water chemistry

Phycological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-19

  Majewska, Roksana ^a   Zgrundo, Aleksandra ^b   Lemke, Paulina ^b   de Stefano, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deformation; Diatom; Estuary; Nutrient; Salinity; Substrate; Vistula River

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DIATOM; EPILITHON; EPIPHYTE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOBENTHOS; RIVER BANK; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

POLAND; VISTULA RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84855971087     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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