Seasonal succession of the travertine-forming desmid Oocardium stratum

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1055-1065

  Linhart, Caroline ^a   Schagerl, Michael ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Calcification; Diatom; SAL; Spring; Travertine; Tufa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955214735     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12345     Document Type: Article

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