The pathway to noxious cyanobacteria blooms in lakes: The food web as the final turn

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-543

  Elser, James J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD WEB; TOXIC ORGANISM; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0032736070     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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