The strength of limiting factors for duckweed during algal competition

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-140

  Szabó, Sándor ^a   Roijackers, Rudi ^b   Scheffer, Marten ^b   Borics, Gábor ^c  

^a Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Trans Tiszanian Environ P   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Iron; Lemna alga competition pH; Nitrogen phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ALGA; INHIBITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIMITING FACTOR; PH;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYTA; LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 27144472961     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2005/0164-0127     Document Type: Article

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