Management strategies for cyanobacterial blooms in an impounded lowland river

River Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 513-525

  Webster, Ian T ^a   Sherman, Bradford S ^a   Bormans, Myriam ^a   Jones, Gary ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial blooms; Lowland river; Management strategies

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ANABAENA CIRCINALIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

ALGAL BLOOM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WEIR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033759775     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1646(200009/10)16:5<513::aid-rrr601>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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