Top-down and bottom-up controls on periphyton biomass and productivity in Lake Tanganyika

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1514-1523

  McIntyre, Peter B ^a,b   Michel, Ellinor ^b,c,d   Olsgard, Michelle ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERIPHYTON; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ALGAE;

EID: 33744907263     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.3.1514     Document Type: Article

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