Fate of blue-green algae in the food web of flooded rice-field ecosystems

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-145

  Rakshit, S K ^a   Loan, N T ^a   Johnsen, S ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Benthos; Blue green algae; Nitrogen fixation; Rice ecosystem; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FAUNA; BLUE GREEN ALGA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; PEST CONTROL; RICE; ZOOPLANKTON;

BLUE-GREEN ALGA; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PADDY FIELD; PEST CONTROL;

EID: 0032937769     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050536     Document Type: Article

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