Unusual allometry between in situ growth of freshwater phytoplankton under static and fluctuating light environments: Possible implications for dominance

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 517-526

  Mitrovic, Simon M ^a,b,c   Howden, Chris G ^c   Bowling, Lee C ^c   Buckney, Rodney T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Environmental Sciences ^*  (Australia)

^c NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; DOMINANCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; ANABAENA CIRCINALIS; APHANOTHECE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DACTYLOCOCCOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; FRAGILARIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NITZSCHIA; SCENEDESMUS; SKELETONEMA;

EID: 0037518526     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/25.5.517     Document Type: Article

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