Nutrient availability and the stability of phytoplankton biomass and production in Lake Xolotlán (Lake Managua, Nicaragua)

Limnologica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-164

  Erikson, R ^a,b   Pum, M ^a   Vammen, K ^a   Cruz, A ^a   Ruiz, M ^a   Zamora, H ^a  

^a Inst Nat Rsrc and the Environmant   (Nicaragua)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nutrients; Phytoplankton biomass and production; Tropical lake

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542490013     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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