The structure and diversity of freshwater diatom assemblages from Franz Josef Land Archipelago: a northern outpost for freshwater diatoms

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Pla-Rabes, S., Hamilton, Paul B., Ballesteros, Enric, Gavrilo, Maria, Friedlander, Alan M., Sala, Enric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ 2016
• Subjects: Indval; Streams; Arctic; Climate change; B-diversity; Diversity; Indicator value; Ponds; Franz Josef Land
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/131602; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1705

22 páginas, 6 figuras, 1 tabla. We examined diatom assemblages from 18 stream and pond samples in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago (FJL), the most northern land of Eurasia. More than 216 taxa were observed, revealing a rich circumpolar diatom flora, including many undescribed taxa. Widely distribute...