Effects of water level fluctuations on phytoplankton in a river-floodplain lake system (Paraná River, Argentina)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 357, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 1-15

  García De Emiliani, María O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Community change rate; Diversity; Net and nannoplankton; Phytoplankton biomass; Taxonomic and morphological composition

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOODPLAIN LAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER LEVEL;

ARGENTINA, PARANA RIVER;

EID: 0031578690     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003149514670     Document Type: Article

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