Salinity controls phytoplankton response to nutrient enrichment in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2236-2248

  Marcarelli, Amy M ^a,b   Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A ^a   Griset, Olivia ^a,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY;

CANADA; FARMINGTON BAY; GILBERT BAY; GREAT SALT LAKE; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33751365148     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-113     Document Type: Article

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