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

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 distributed taxa were the most abundant by...

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Published in:PeerJ
Main Authors: Sergi Pla-Rabés, Paul B. Hamilton, Enric Ballesteros, Maria Gavrilo, Alan M. Friedlander, Enric Sala
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016
Subjects:
Arctic
Climate change
β-diversity
Diversity
Indicator value
Indval
Medicine
R
Franz Josef Land
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1705
https://doaj.org/article/a4f62324e21b4d8db43afa581c278595

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