Functional classifications and their application in phytoplankton ecology

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 603-619

  Salmaso, Nico ^a   Naselli Flores, Luigi ^b   Padisák, Judit ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Ecological redundancy; Functional classifications; Phytoplankton; Taxonomical classifications

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 84924692743     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12520     Document Type: Article

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