Seasonal dynamics and phytoplankton diversity in high mountain lakes (Jöri lakes, Swiss Alps)

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 152-161

  Hinder, Brigittie ^a   Gabathuler, Matthias ^b   Steiner, Beatrice ^c   Hanselmann, Kurt ^a   Preisig, Hans R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community structure; Meteorological conditions; Mountain lake; Phytoplankton; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 0005043606     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.1999.152     Document Type: Article

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