Shifts in taxonomical and guild composition of littoral diatom assemblages along environmental gradients

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 694, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-56

  Gottschalk, Steffi ^a   Kahlert, Maria ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Ecological guild; Lakes; pH; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH; INORGANIC SALT; LAKE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION EFFECT; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STATUS;

SWEDEN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84864308867     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1128-7     Document Type: Article

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