Methods for sampling and analyzing wetland algae

Wetland Techniques

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-58

  Francoeur, Steven N ^a   Rier, Steven T ^b   Whorley, Sarah B ^c  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL SPECIES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS; WETLAND FOOD WEBS;

WETLANDS;

EID: 84884387350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6931-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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