Periphyton response to nutrient addition in 3 lakes of different benthic productivity

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 616-631

  DeNicola, Dean M ^a   De Eyto, Elvira ^b   Wemaere, Alice ^c   Irvine, Kenneth ^c  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Algae; Biomonitoring; Eutrophication; Growth form; Inference models; Irish lakes; Nutrients; Periphyton; Phosphorus; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GROWTH FORM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACHNANTHES MINUTISSIMA; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33747586559     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[616:PRTNAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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