Seasonal and inter-annual scales of variability in phytoplankton assemblages: Comparison of phytoplankton dynamics in three peri-alpine lakes over a period of 28 years

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 98-115

  Anneville, O ^a,e   Souissi, S ^b   Gammeter, S ^c,d   Straile, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Zurich Water Supply   (Switzerland)

^d Station d'Hydrobiologie Lacustre ^*  (Australia)

^e UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Lake Walen; Lake Zurich; Multivariate analyses; Phosphorus; Temporal coherence

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE WALEN; LAKE ZURICH; SWITZERLAND;

PLANKTOTHRIX; PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS;

EID: 1642442762     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2426.2003.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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