Effects of light and nutrients on plankton stoichiometry and biomass in a P-limited lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 481, Issue , 2002, Pages 101-112

  Elser, James J ^a   Frost, Paul ^a   Kyle, Marcia ^a   Urabe, Jotaro ^b   Andersen, Tom ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; LIGHT; NUTRITION; PROTOZOA; STOICHIOMETRY;

EXUDATIONS; PLANKTONS;

BIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUTRIENT; PLANKTON; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036705117     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021217221004     Document Type: Article

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