Impact of Drought on Diatom Communities and the Consequences for the use of Diatom Index Values in the River Maureillas (Pyrénées-Orientales, France)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 993-1002

  Barthes A ^a,b,c   Leflaive, J ^a,b   Coulon, S ^c   Peres, F ^c   Rols, J L ^a,b   Ten Hage, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b Institut National Polytechnique   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Bio indication; Diatom communities; Drought; Non permanent streams; Phototrophic biofilms

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DIVERSITY INDEX; DROUGHT; MORTALITY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MAUREILLAS RIVER; PYRENEES ORIENTALES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84944161868     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2793     Document Type: Article

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