Regulation of spatial and seasonal variation of macroalgal biomass in a brackish, eutrophic lake

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-220

  Malta, Erik Jan ^a   Verschuure, Jacobus M ^a   Nienhuis, Pieter H ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chaetomorpha linum; Growth; Loss processes; Spatial variation; Ulva

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BRACKISH WATER; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; MACROALGA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NETHERLANDS; VEERSE MEER; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD; ZEELAND; ZUID BEVELAND;

CHAETOMORPHA LINUM; HALOPHILA; LINUM; ULVA;

EID: 0036767582     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-002-0115-1     Document Type: Article

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