Diversity of Diatom Communities in Delaware Tidal Wetland and Their Relationship to Water Quality

Diatoms are strongly influenced by water quality and serve as indicators of water quality degradation in freshwater systems. Here, sediment and water samples were collected from four sites in Blackbird Creek, DE, a salt marsh characterized as mostly freshwater to low saline brackish (<8ppt)....

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Main Authors: Lathadevi K. Chintapenta, Kathryn J. Coyne, Amanda Pappas, Katherine Lee, Connor Dixon, Venu Kalavacharla, Gulnihal Ozbay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00057/full