Hydraulic phases, persistent stratification, and phytoplankton in a tropical floodplain lake (Mary River, northern Australia)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-179

  Townsend, Simon Anthony ^a  

^a Northern Territory Herbarium   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Diatoms; Functional groups; Nitrogen; Oxygen; Phosphorus; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TROPICS;

DIATOMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EPHEMERAL LAKE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MIXED LAYER; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; STRATIFICATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MARY RIVER;

ACANTHOCERAS (DIATOM); ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUGLENIDA; NITZSCHIA AGNITA; PERIDINIUM INCONSPICUUM; SYNEDRA;

EID: 29344440256     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0885-y     Document Type: Article

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