Submerged Macrophyte-bed Effects on Water-Column Phosphorus, Chlorophyll a, and Bacterial Production

Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 797-807

  Rooney, Neil ^a   Kalff, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chlorophyll a; Lakes; Littoral pelagic coupling; Macrophyte bed; Mass balance; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0348229038     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-003-0184-2     Document Type: Article

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