Effect of fluctuations in water level on phytoplankton development in three lakes of the Paraná river floodplain (Argentina)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 510, Issue , 2003, Pages 175-193

  De Domitrovic, Yolanda Zalocar ^a  

^a Consejo Nac de Invest Cie y Tec ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diversity; Floodplain lakes; Paran River; Phytoplankton biomass; Rate of community change

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

FLOODPLAINS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

ARGENTINA; PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; EUKARYOTA; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0346670275     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008643.50105.4b     Document Type: Article

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