Effects of low nitrogen-phosphorus ratios in the phytoplankton community in Laguna de Bay, a shallow eutrophic lake in the Philippines

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-401

  Lourdes Cuvin Aralar, Maria ^a   Focken, Ulfert ^b   Becker, Klaus ^b   V Aralar, Emiliano ^a  

^a SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laguna de Bay; Nitrogen; Nutrient ratios; Philippines; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAGUNA DE BAY; LUZON; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALGAE; AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; FRAGILARIA; KIRCHNERIELLA; LAGUNA; MELOSIRA; NITZSCHIA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 3242733047     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AECO.0000035174.35091.0b     Document Type: Article

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