Planktonic nutrient regeneration and cycling efficiency in temperate lakes

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6745, 1999, Pages 659-661

  Hudson, Jeff J ^a   Taylor, William O ^b   Schindler, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGENERATION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033549798     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23240     Document Type: Article

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