Benthic diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from seepages and streams on James Ross Island (NW Weddell Sea, Antarctica)

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-208

  Kopalová, Kateřina ^a   Veselá, Jana ^b   Elster, Josef ^b,c   Nedbalová, Linda ^a,c   Komárek, Jiří ^b,c   Van de Vijver, Bart ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Bacillariophyceae; Biogeography; Diatoms; James Ross Island; Seepages; Streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864827660     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.639     Document Type: Article

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