Morphofunctional traits reflect differences in phytoplankton community between rivers of contrasting flow regime

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315-327

  Fraisse, Stéphane ^a   Bormans, Myriam ^a   Lagadeuc, Yvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Flow velocity; Morphofunctional traits; Phytoplankton community structure; Shape

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOW REGULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; LOW FLOW; MOTILITY; MUCILAGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 84883454824     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-013-9446-z     Document Type: Article

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