Downstream changes in phytoplankton composition and biomass in a lowland river-lake system (Warnow river, Germany)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 391, Issue , 1998, Pages 99-111

  Bahnwart, Mandy ^a   Hübener, Thomas ^a   Schubert, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Downstream changes; Flow regime; Phytoplankton; River

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER;

GERMANY;

EID: 0032461982     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003558209411     Document Type: Article

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