Potential effects of climate change on ion chemistry and phytoplankton communities in prairie saline lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1063-1076

  Evans, J Catherine ^a   Prepas, Ellie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MUS;

EID: 0029848044     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.5.1063     Document Type: Article

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