Experimental evidence for interactive impacts of human activities on lake algal species richness

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Proulx, M ^a,b   Pick, F R ^a   Mazumder, A ^b   Hamilton, P B ^c   Lean, D R S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; HERBIVORY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT LOADING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0030303728     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545761     Document Type: Article

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