Long-term response of periphyton and macrophytes to reduced municipal nutrient loading to the Bow River (Alberta, Canada)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 987-1001

  Sosiak, Al ^a  

^a Science Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MACROPHYTE; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; WATER TREATMENT;

CANADA;

PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; STUCKENIA VAGINATUS;

EID: 0036380789     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-071     Document Type: Article

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