Determinants of seston C:P-ratio in lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1560-1569

  Hessen, Dag O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon; Lakes; Light; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Seston; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SESTON; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

DAPHNIA;

EID: 33746265497     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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