Nitrate uptake by phytoplankton and periphyton: Whole-lake enrichments and mesocosm-15N experiments in an oligotrophic lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 659-671

  Axler, Richard P ^a   Reuter, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0029811962     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.4.0659     Document Type: Article

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