Benthic diatom communities in high altitude lakes: a large scale study in the French Alps

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Issue		Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim. Volume 53, 2017


Page(s)		411 - 423
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2017025
Published online		14 November 2017

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