Effects of light and nutrients on the net accumulation and elemental composition of epilithon in boreal lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-183

  Frost, Paul C ^a,b   Elser, James J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Ecological stoichiometry; Epilithon; Periphyton; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CARBON; EPILITHON; LAKE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUTRIENT; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS;

CANADA;

ALGAE; EPILITHON;

EID: 0036189389     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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