Spatiotemporal changes in diatom ecological profiles: Implications for biomonitoring

Limnology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-168

  Álvarez Blanco, Irene ^a   Cejudo Figueiras, Cristina ^a   Bécares, Eloy ^a   Blanco, Saúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoecology; Bioindicators; Ecological indices; Response curves

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

DUERO BASIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 85027922681     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-010-0333-1     Document Type: Article

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