Identifying community thresholds for lotic benthic diatoms in response to human disturbance

Abstract Although human disturbance indirectly influences lotic assemblages through modifying physical and chemical conditions, identifying thresholds of human disturbance would provide direct evidence for preventing anthropogenic degradation of biological conditions. In the present study, we used d...

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Main Authors: Tao Tang, Ting Tang, Lu Tan, Yuan Gu, Wanxiang Jiang, Qinghua Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04445-7

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