Water transparency and nutrients as controls on phytoplankton along a flood-frequency gradient among lakes of the Mackenzie Delta, western Canadian Arctic

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1339-1349

  Squires, Margaret M ^a   Lesack, Lance F W ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FREQUENCY; LAKE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSPARENCY;

CANADA;

EID: 0036436403     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-085     Document Type: Article

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