Hypothesis on cyanobacteria bloom-forming mechanism in large shallow eutrophic lakes

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 589-595

  Kong, Fan Xiang ^a   Gao, Guang ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria bloom forming; Hypothesis; Large shallow lakes; Mechanism

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 16244365570     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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