Phytoplankton-metaphyton seasonal dynamics in a newly-created subtropical wetland lake

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 133-142

  Zohary, T ^a   Fishbein, T ^a   Kaplan, B ^a   Pollingher, U ^a  

^a The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benthic mats; Hula Valley; Metaphyton; Peat based wetland; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; SEASONALITY; WETLAND;

ISRAEL;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032318903     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008428305512     Document Type: Article

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