A short history of stability and change in phytoplankton populations in lake kinneret

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-80

  Berman, Tom ^a   Pollingher, Utsa ^a   Zohary, Tamar ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BLOOM; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ISRAEL; LAKE KINNERET;

APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; MICROCYSTIS; PERIDINIUM GATUNENSE;

EID: 0031693621     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1998.10676712     Document Type: Article

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