Temporal changes in nitrogen and phosphorus codeficiency of plankton in lakes of coastal and interior British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1538-1551

  Davies, John Mark ^a   Nowlin, Weston H ^b   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11444261023     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-092     Document Type: Article

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