Light, nutrients and primary productivity in Lake Biwa: An evaluation of the current ecosystem situation

Ecological Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-242

  Urabe, Jotaro ^a   Sekino, Tatsuki ^a   Nozaki, Kentaro ^a   Tsuji, Akihiro ^a   Yoshimizu, Chikage ^a   Kagami, Maiko ^a   Koitabashi, Tadatoshi ^a   Miyazaki, Tatsuo ^b   Nakanishi, Masami ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lake Biwa; Light; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Seston C:N:P ratio

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE; MIXING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033199864     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1999.143300.x     Document Type: Article

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