Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in antarctic and subantarctic freshwaters

The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 267-284

  Spaulding, Sarah A ^a   de Vijver, Bart Van ^b   Hodgson, Dominic A ^c   McKnight, Diane M ^a   Verleyen, Elie ^d   Stanish, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511763175.015     Document Type: Chapter

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