Effects of ultraviolet radiation on periphyton in an alpine lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1035-1040

  Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a   Leavitt, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHNANTHES; ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ANABAENA; ANABAENA SUBCYLINDRICA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALOTHRIX SP.; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0029822612     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.5.1035     Document Type: Article

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