The impact of substrate and lake trophy on the biomass and nutrient status of benthic algae

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 489, Issue , 2002, Pages 161-169

  Kahlert, Maria ^a   Pettersson, Kurt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C:N:P ratio; Dreissena polymorpha; Epilithon; Epiphyton; Epizoon; Lake

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ROCKS; SUBSTRATES;

LAKE TROPHY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYTOBENTHOS; SUBSTRATE; TROPHIC STATUS;

ALGAE; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; EPILITHON; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037709853     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023280720576     Document Type: Article

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