Phytoplankton periodicity and sequences of dominance in an Amazonian flood-plain lake (Lago Batata, Pará, Brazil): Responses to gradual environmental change

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 346, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 169-181

  Huszar, Vera Lúcia De M ^a   Reynolds, Colin S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon; Flood plain lake; Phytoplankton; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030863807     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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