Biomass and production of plankton in shallow and deep lakes: Are there general patterns?

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-122

  Lacroix, G ^a   Lescher Moutoue F ^a   Bertolo, A ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Depth; Efficiency; Lake; Plankton; Production; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; DEPTH; LAKE; TROPHIC STATUS;

EID: 0033054911     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/1999016     Document Type: Article

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