Phytoplankton species diversity control through competitive exclusion and physical disturbances

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 110-122

  Hambright, K David ^a   Zohary, Tamar ^a  

^a The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0033984113     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.1.0110     Document Type: Article

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