Groundwater flow influences the biomass and nutrient ratios of epibenthic algae in a north temperate seepage lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1227-1242

  Hagerthey, Scot E ^a,b   Kerfoot, W Charles ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAKE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

SPARKLING LAKE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031735192     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.6.1227     Document Type: Article

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