Comparing biological classifications of freshwater phytoplankton: A case study from South China

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 701, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 219-233

  Hu, Ren ^a   Han, Boping ^a   Naselli Flores, Luigi ^b  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Morpho functional groups; Morphology based functional groups; Physical constraints; Reservoirs; Taxonomic groups

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 84870821478     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1277-8     Document Type: Article

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