Regulation of the dominance of planktonic diatoms and cyanobacteria in four eutrophic hardwater lakes by nutrients, water column stability, and temperature

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 621-633

  Zhang, Y ^a   Prepas, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE;

DIATOM; NUTRIENT;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0029662401     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-205     Document Type: Article

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