Relationships among nutrients, algae, and land use in urbanized southern California streams

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2621-2638

  Busse, Lilian B ^a,b   Simpson, Juliet C ^a   Cooper, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LAND USE; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; MALIBU CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 33947150030     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-146     Document Type: Article

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