Patterns in phytoplankton taxonomic composition across temperate lakes of differing nutrient status

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 487-495

  Watson, Susan B ^b   McCauley, Edward ^b   Downing, John A ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030753542     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.3.0487     Document Type: Article

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