Phosphorus in periphyton mats provides the best metric for detecting low-level P enrichment in an oligotrophic wetland

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 507-516

  Gaiser, E E ^a   Scinto, L J ^a   Richards, J H ^a   Jayachandran, K ^a   Childers, D L ^a   Trexler, J C ^a   Jones, R D ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; Microbial mats; Nutrient enrichment; Periphyton; Phosphorus; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS;

WATER COLUMNS;

WETLANDS;

PHOSPHORUS;

EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRITUS; EUTROPHICATION; MARSH; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347948611     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.10.020     Document Type: Article

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