An in situ enclosure experiment to test the solar UVB impact on plankton in a high-altitude mountain lake. I. Lack of effect on phytoplankton species composition and growth

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1671-1686

  Halac, Silvana ^a   Felip, Marisol ^a   Camarero, Lluis ^a   Sommaruga Wögrath, Sabine ^b   Psenner, Roland ^b   Catalan, Jordi ^a   Sommaruga, Ruben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GROWTH; PHYTOPLANKTON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTICAL DISTIRBUTION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYCLOTELLA; CYCLOTELLA GORDONENSIS; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM;

EID: 0031457881     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.11.1671     Document Type: Article

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