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PRINCIPAL DIATOMS OF MAJOR WATERWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES
Author(s) -
Williams Louis G.,
Scott Carol
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1962.7.3.0363
Subject(s) - diatom , relative species abundance , abundance (ecology) , plankton , environmental science , ecology , oceanography , biology , geography , geology
Diatom populations in semimonthly plankton samples collected from 73 stations of major waterways of the United States were analyzed by proportional counts to show percentage species composition of the 4 most abundant species per sample. The species are given for each station to show their relative abundance and percentage frequency of occurrence.