The effect of irradiance, vertical mixing and temperature on spring phytoplankton dynamics under climate change: Long-term observations and model analysis

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 625-642

  Tirok, Katrin ^a   Gaedke, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep lake; Functional algal groups; Multiple statistics; Simulation model; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ALGA; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; IRRADIANCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL MIXING;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRESH WATER; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE CONSTANCE;

ALGAE;

EID: 33845730751     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0547-4     Document Type: Article

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