Diatoms of temporary and permanent watercourses in Southern Europe (Portugal)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1216-1232

  Novais, M H ^a,b   Morais, M M ^a   Rosado, J ^a   Dias, L S ^a   Hoffmann, L ^b   Ector, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Ecological guilds; Ecological preferences; Indicator taxa; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AMPHORA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; DIPLONEIS; ENCYONEMA MINUTUM; EUNOTIA MINOR; FRAGILARIA; FRAGILARIA RADIANS; GOMPHONEMA OLIVACEUM; GOMPHONEMA TRUNCATUM; NAVICULA CRYPTOCEPHALA VAR. VENETA; NAVICULA RADIOSA; NAVICULA RHYNCHOCEPHALA; SELLAPHORA SEMINULUM;

EID: 84919497767     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2818     Document Type: Article

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