The effects of disturbance events on phytoplankton community structure in a small temperate reservoir

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 503-512

  Barbiero, Richard P ^a,c   James, W F ^b   Barko, J W ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^c Grace Analytical Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Connell's IDH; Phytoplankton succession; Reservoir; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; EXTREME EVENT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EAU GALLE RESERVOIR; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032734665     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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