Metalimnetic gradients and the vertical distribution of phosphorus in a eutrophic lake

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-320

  Kufel, Lech ^a   Kalinowska, Krystyna ^b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM BLOOM; EUTROPHIC LAKE; PHOSPHORUS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ]HYPOLIMNION;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030827644     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/140/1997/309     Document Type: Article

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