Phytoplankton dynamics and periodicity in two cascading warm-water reservoirs from 1989 to 1997 - Taxonomic and functional (C-S-R) patterns, and determining factors

Water SA

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-92

  Hart, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Algae; Bio monitoring; Community assemblage; Dynamics; Plankton; Reservoir limnology; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

BIO-MONITORING; COMMUNITY ASSEMBLAGE; PLANKTON; RESERVOIR LIMNOLOGY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; MGENI ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; CRYPTOMONAS; DAPHNIA;

EID: 29944446840     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 03784738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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