The community composition, distribution, and nutrient status of epilithic periphyton at five rocky littoral zone sites in Lake Malawi, Africa

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 181-189

  Higgins, Scott N ^a   Kling, Hedy J ^b   Hecky, Robert E ^a   Taylor, William D ^a   Bootsma, Harvey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosymbionts; Epilithic algae; Epilithon; Lake Malawi; Littoral zone; Nutrient; Periphyton; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRITION; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOVOLUME; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOMS;

LAKES;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; PERIPHYTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALOTHRIX; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EPILITHON; RHOPALODIA;

EID: 2042432036     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70547-4     Document Type: Article

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