Effect of continuous nutrient enrichment on microalgae colonizing hard substrates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 426, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 185-192

  Hillebrand, Helmut ^a,b   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic microalgae; Eutrophication; Hard substrates; Nitrogen; Nutrient competition; Periphyton; Silicate

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOFILM GROWTH; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT GROWTH; RHODOPHYTE; SILICATE; STOICHIOMETRY;

EUTROPHICATION; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT;

BALTIC SEA; KIEL FJORD;

EID: 0034656886     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003943201178     Document Type: Article

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