Lack of pattern among phytoplankton assemblages. Or, what does the exception to the rule mean?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 424, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 133-139

  Rojo, Carmen ^a   Ortega Mayagoitia, Elizabeth ^a   Alvarez Cobelas, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assembly; Cluster analysis; Community dynamics; Phytoplankton; Trophic state

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC STATUS;

EID: 0034655012     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003917414959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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