Factors affecting the timing of surface scums and epilimnetic blooms of blue-green algae in a eutrophic lake

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1965-1975

  Soranno, P A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0031470611     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-54-9-1965     Document Type: Article

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