The role of characean algae in the management of eutrophic shallow lakes

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 750-756

  Van Den Berg, Marcel S ^a   Scheffer, Marten ^a,c   Coops, Hugo ^a   Simons, Jan ^b  

^a INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charaphytes; Freshwater; Lake Veluwemeer; Shallow lake restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031752094     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340750.x     Document Type: Review

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