Transition from P- to N-limited phytoplankton growth in an artificial lake on flooded cutaway peatland in Ireland

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-230

  Higgins, T ^a   Colleran, E ^a   Raine, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bog; Chlorophyte; Lake; N P ratio; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33846781623     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2006)9[223:TFPTNP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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