Competition of phytoplankton under fluctuating light

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-187

  Litchman, E ^a   Klausmeier, C A ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Light fluctuations; Phytoplankton; Temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0035117040     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318628     Document Type: Article

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