Nutrients and zooplankton as multiple stressors of phytoplankton communities: Evidence from size structure

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 810-827

  Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0032909648     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3_part_2.0810     Document Type: Article

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