Phytoplankton distribution in Lake Erie as assessed by a new in situ spectrofluorometric technique

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 154-167

  Ghadouani, Anas ^a,b   Smith, Ralph E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Fluorescence; Fluoroprobe; Lake Erie; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; FLUORESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CYANOBACTERIA; FLUOROPROBE; LAKE ERIE; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

LAKES;

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

BIOMASS;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENIDAE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33745624491     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(05)70311-7     Document Type: Article

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