Nutrient limitation of algal biomass accrual in streams: Seasonal patterns and a comparison of methods

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 242-260

  Francoeur, Steven N ^a,c   Biggs, Barry J F ^b   Smith, Robert A ^b   Lowe, Rex L ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Biomass; Cellular nutrients; Nutrient limitation; Nutrient ratios; Nutrients; Periphyton; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRAVEL BED STREAM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOBENTHOS; SEASONALITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033150204     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468463     Document Type: Article

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