The stoichiometry of particulate nutrients in Lake Tanganyika - Implications for nutrient limitation of phytoplankton

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 407, Issue , 1999, Pages 81-88

  Järvinen, Marko ^a   Salonen, Kalevi ^b   Sarvala, Jouko ^c   Vuorio, Kristiina ^c   Virtanen, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lake Tanganyika; Nutrient limitation; Nutrient stoichiometry; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Tropical lakes

Indexed keywords

LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SESTON; STOICHIOMETRY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033565039     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003706002126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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