Phytoplankton size structure stability in a meso-eutrophic subtropical lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 520, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 89-104

  Kamenir, Y ^a   Dubinsky, Z ^a   Zohary, T ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community structure stability; Environmental stress; Lake Kinneret; Phytoplankton; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES;

BIOMASS SIZE SPECTRUM (BSS); PHYTOPLANKTONS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

AULACOSEIRA; AULACOSEIRA GRANULATA; PERIDINIUM; PERIDINIUM GATUNENSE;

EID: 3242889082     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000027729.53348.c7     Document Type: Article

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