Resource requirements of four freshwater diatom taxa determined by in situ growth bioassays using natural populations from alpine lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 235-243

  Michel, Timothy J ^a   Saros, Jasmine E ^a   Interlandi, Sebastian J ^b   Wolfe, Alexander P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine; Asterionella; Climate; Diatom; Ecotype; Nutrients; Oligotrophic

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CLIMATOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SILICON; WATER;

ALPINE; ASTERIONELLA; CLIMATE; DIATOM; ECOTYPES; NUTRIENTS; OLIGOTROPHIC;

LAKES;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DIATOM; ECOTYPE; LAKE WATER; RESOURCE USE;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ALGAE; ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRAGILARIA CROTONENSIS; GLANS; STAUROSIRELLA PINNATA; TETRACYCLUS;

EID: 33746831561     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0109-0     Document Type: Article

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