Eutrophication of streams and rivers: Dissolved nutrient-chlorophyll relationships for benthic algae

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-31

  Biggs, Barry J F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Algae; Dist urbance; Enrichment; Eutrophication; Flooding; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Periphyton; Phosphorus; Stream ecology; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

ALGA GROWTH; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PLANT GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGAL BLOOM; EUTROPHICATION; RIVER; STREAM;

ALGAE;

EID: 0034163607     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468279     Document Type: Article

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