Among-lake and within-lake variations of autotrophic pico- and nanoplankton biomass in six Quebec lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2433-2445

  Pinel Alloul, B ^a   Bourbonnais, N ^a   Dutilleul, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONDUCTIVITY; NANOPLANKTON; NUTRIENT; PH; PICOPLANKTON;

CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0030405231     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-197     Document Type: Article

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