A novel quantification method for stream-inhabiting, non-diatom benthic algae, and its application in bioassessment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 684, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-239

  Stancheva, Rosalina ^a   Fetscher, A Elizabeth ^b   Sheath, Robert G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Bioassessment; California; Quantification method; Streams

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STANDARD (REGULATION); STREAMWATER; TAXONOMY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; RHODOPHYTA; ZYGNEMATACEAE;

EID: 84856700244     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0986-8     Document Type: Article

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