Distribution of the bloom-forming diatom Didymosphenia geminata in the Ebro River basin (Northeast Spain) in the period 2006-2009

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-289

  Tomás, Pedro ^a   Oscoz, Javier ^b   Durán, Concha ^c   Fernández, David ^d   Marín, José Pedro ^e  

^a Lab de Ensayos Técnicos S A   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c Área Calidad de Aguas Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro ^*  (Spain)

^d Hydraena sll   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diatom; Didymosphenia geminata; Ebro basin; Ecological parameters; Nuisance organism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864814902     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2010.5.3.05     Document Type: Article

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