Nutrient enrichment experiments in tropical Great Lakes Malawi/Nyasa and Victoria

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 89-106

  Guildford, Stephanie J ^a   Hecky, Robert E ^a   Taylor, William D ^a   Mugidde, Rose ^a,b   Bootsma, Harvey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b National Fisheries Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron limitation; Lake Malawi; Nitrogen limitation; Nutrient enrichment; Phosphorus limitation; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; IRON; LIGHT; NUTRITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TROPICS;

NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

LAKES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

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

ALGAE; VICTORIA;

EID: 2042517575     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70541-3     Document Type: Article

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