Phytoplankton, light and nutrients along a gradient of mixing depth: A field test of producer-resource theory

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1050-1063

  Kunz, Thomas J ^a   Diehl, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilimnion; Light limitation; Mixing depth; Nutrient enrichment; Phytoplankton biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEPTH; EPILIMNION; LAKE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MIXING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038347281     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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