Ecological properties of charophytes in a large subtropical lake

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 781-793

  Steinman, Alan D ^a   Meeker, Richard H ^a   Rodusky, Andrew J ^a   Davis, William P ^a   Hwang, Soon Jin ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biomass; Charophytes; Irradiance; Kinetics; P I; Phosphorus; Primary production; Subtropical lake

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CHAROPHYTE; IRRADIANCE; LAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FLORIDA; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; USA;

CHARA;

EID: 0031413770     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468171     Document Type: Article

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