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The relationships of diatom species to dissolved heavy metals in the streams of the Uintah Basin of Utah were studied through four seasons of 1977–1978. Niche center gradient analysis, cluster analysis and correlation analysis were performed.Achnanthes minutissima, Cyclotella meneghiniana, Cymbella minuta, Gomphonema parvulum, Navicula secreta var.apiculata, Nitzschia frustulum, Nitzschia frustulum var.perminuta, Nitzschia frustulum var.perpusilla, Nitzschia palea, andSynedra ulna appear to be indicator species of high or low heavy metal concentrations. Several other species also showed meaningful relationships to high or low heavy metal concentrations.
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Rushforth, S.R., Brotherson, J.D., Fungladda, N. et al. The effects of dissolved heavy metals on attached diatoms in the Uintah Basin of Utah, U.S.A.. Hydrobiologia 83, 313–323 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008282
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