Cyanobacterial blooms appear to be driven by top-down rather than bottom-up effects in the Lower Karori Reservoir (Wellington, New Zealand)

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-63

  Smith, K F ^a,b   Lester, P J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Bottom up; Cyanobacteria; Karori Wildlife Sanctuary; Nitrogen; Perca fluviatilis; Phosphorus; Top down

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; JUVENILE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; KARORI RESERVOIR; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

ANABAENA; ANABAENA LEMMERMANNII; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYNOSCION; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 33646836436     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517403     Document Type: Article

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