Nitrogen cycling rates and light effects in tropical Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1814-1825

  Gardner, Wayne S ^a,d   Cavaletto, Joann F ^a   Bootsma, Harvey A ^b,e   Lavrentyev, Peter J ^b,d,f   Troncone, Federico ^c  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Inst Contr Conservacion CLM   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e SADC GEF Lake Malawi Nyasa BCP   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; LAKE; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN CYCLE;

LAKE MARACAIBO; VENEZUELA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0032426360     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.8.1814     Document Type: Article

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