Substratum as a driver of variation in periphyton chlorophyll and productivity in lakes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 379-392

  Vadeboncoeur, Yvonne ^a,e   Kalff, Jacob ^a   Christoffersen, Kirsten ^b   Jeppesen, Erik ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Chlorophyll; Epilithon; Epipelon; Epiphyton; Epixylon; Lakes; Microphytobenthos; Periphyton; Primary productivity; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALGAL COMMUNITY; AUTOTROPHY; CHLOROPHYLL; EPILITHON; EPIPHYTE; LAKE; MACROPHYTE; PERIPHYTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; EPIPHYTON;

EID: 33744817071     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[379:SAADOV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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