Morphological analysis of phytoplankton as a tool to assess ecological state of aquatic ecosystems: The case of Lake Arancio, Sicily, Italy

Inland Waters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-26

  Naselli Flores, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

C S R strategies; Freshwater phytoplankton; Functional groups; Maximal linear dimension; Shape; Size; Surface; Volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893422692     PISSN: 20442041     EISSN: 2044205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5268/IW-4.1.686     Document Type: Article

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