The relationship between phytoplankton biovolume and chlorophyll in a deep oligotrophic lake: Decoupling in their spatial and temporal maxima

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-105

  Felip, Marisol ^a,b   Catalan, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOVOLUME; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROWTH; LAKE; PHOTOACCLIMATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0033974197     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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