Interannual phytoplankton dynamics of a hypertrophic African lake

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-126

  Zohary, Tamar ^a   Pais Madeira, Arcangela M ^b   Robarts, Richard ^c   Hambright, K David ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030019443     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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