A conceptual model for the blooming behavior and persistence of the benthic mat-forming diatom Didymosphenia geminata in oligotrophic streams

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Cullis, James D S ^a   Gillis, Carole Anne ^b   Bothwell, Max L ^c   Kilroy, Cathy ^d   Packman, Aaron ^e   Hassan, Marwan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e Northwestern University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ALGAL MAT; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIATOM; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENCE; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA;

EID: 84862279394     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001891     Document Type: Article

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