TY - JOUR AU - Figueroa, Fabián AU - Pedreros, Pablo AU - Cruces, Fabiola AU - Abdala-Díaz, Roberto AU - Hernández, Víctor AU - Becerra, José AU - Urrutia, Roberto PY - 2018 DA - 2018/12/13 TI - Effect of Didymosphenia geminata coverage on the phytobenthic community in an Andean basin of Chile JO - Revista Chilena de Historia Natural SP - 10 VL - 91 IS - 1 AB - The invasive diatom Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M. Schmidt has received considerable attention in recent years due to its rapid geographic expansion and massive proliferation, which have altered habitat availability for benthic species and triggered negative effects on stream ecosystems. We evaluated the changes in the community structure of phytobenthos caused by the temporal variation in D. geminata coverage, in addition to the environmental variables correlated with the temporal variation of this invasive microalga in the Andean sector of the Biobio River basin, Chile. SN - 0717-6317 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40693-018-0080-y DO - 10.1186/s40693-018-0080-y ID - Figueroa2018 ER -