Comparison of benthic diatoms from Mediterranean and Atlantic Spanish streams: Community changes in relation to environmental factors

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 120, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 304-314

  Delgado, Cristina ^a   Pardo, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Diatoms; Environmental gradients; Mediterranean; Streams; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; STREAMWATER; TWINSPAN; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; GALICIA [SPAIN]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84911932093     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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