Nitrogen deficiency, phosphorus sufficiency, and the invasion of Lake Kinneret, Israel, by the N2-fixing cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon ovalisporum

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-306

  Gophen, Moshe ^a   Smith, Val H ^b   Nishri, Aminadav ^a   Threlkeld, Stephen T ^c  

^a Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon; Cyanobacteria; Lake Kinneret; N deficiency; N:P ratios; P sufficiency

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE;

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; PERIDINIUM GATUNENSE;

EID: 0033376732     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000270050067     Document Type: Article

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