Rapid ecological changes in a large subtropical lake undergoing cultural eutrophication

Ambio

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 150-155

  Havens, Karl E ^a,b   Aumen, Nicholas G ^a,c   James, R Thomas ^a,b   Smith, Val H ^d  

^a SFWMD   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^c SFWMD

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; EUTROPHICATION; MACROBENTHOS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN LIMITATION; OLIGOCHAETE; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT;

USA, FLORIDA, LAKE OKEECHOBEE;

EID: 0029777712     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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59. First submitted 9 January 1995. Accepted for publication after revision 10 January 1996.