Light- and nutrient-limited periphyton in low order streams of Oahu, Hawaii

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 432, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 101-111

  Larned, Scott T ^a,b   Santos, Scott R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Light; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Periphyton; Phosphorus; Spate; Stream

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043232946     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004074004416     Document Type: Article

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