Phytoplankton, light and nutrients in a gradient of mixing depths: Field experiments

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 399-411

  Diehl, Sebastian ^a   Berger, Stella ^a   Ptacnik, Robert ^a   Wild, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

C:P ratio; Enclosure; Field experiment; Light availability to phytoplankton; Mixed surface layer; Mixing depth; Nutrients; PAR; Phytoplankton; Production; Sedimentation; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEPTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIXING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0036162218     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0399:PLANIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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