Influence of extended water column mixing during the first 2 years of hypolimnetic oxygenation on the phytoplankton community of Amisk lake, Alberta

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2133-2145

  Webb, D J ^a   Robarts, R D ^b   Prepas, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE; ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLOTELLA; FLOS;

EID: 0031443332     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-120     Document Type: Article

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