Benthic algal biomass in an unshaded first-order lowland stream: Distribution and regulation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 377, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 107-122

  Kjeldsen, Karina ^a   Iversen, Torben M ^a   Thorup, Jens ^a   Winding, Thomas ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Algal biomass development; Invertebrate grazing; Irradiance; Phosphorus; Substrata dependent variation in regulation; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PHYTOBENTHOS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM;

EID: 0031766949     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003267214509     Document Type: Article

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