Role of nutrients and zooplankton in regulation of phytoplankton in Flathead Lake (Montana, U.S.A.), a large oligotrophic lake

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 755-763

  Spencer, Craig N ^a   Ellis, Bonnie K ^b  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

USA, MONTANA, FLATHEAD LAKE;

EID: 0031809856     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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