Phytoplankton assemblage at equilibrium in large and deep subalpine lakes: A case study from Lago Maggiore (N. Italy)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 502, Issue , 2003, Pages 37-48

  Morabito, Giuseppe ^a   Oggioni, Alessandro ^a   Panzani, Pierisa ^a  

^a CNR Ist lo Stud degli Ecosistemi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep lakes; Equilibrium; Metalimnion; Phytoplankton assemblages; Seasonal succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

HYDROLOGY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SUCCESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE MAGGIORE;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0344630331     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000004268.17068.dc     Document Type: Conference Paper

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