Do wetland lakes exhibit alternative stable states? Submersed aquatic vegetation and chlorophyll in western boreal shallow lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2335-2345

  Bayley, Suzanne E ^a   Prather, Colleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TROPHIC STATUS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA; SAN ANGELO VIRUS;

EID: 0347604359     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.6.2335     Document Type: Article

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