The relationship between phytoplankton species dominance and environmental variables in a shallow lake (Lake Vrana, Croatia)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 584, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 337-346

  Gligora, Marija ^a   Plenković Moraj, Ancrossed D Signelka ^a   Kralj, Koraljka ^a   Grigorszky, István ^b   Peroš Pucar, Danijela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c Zadar Public Health Institute   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Phytoplankton; Shallow lake; Species dominance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; LAKES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PHYTOPLANKTONS; SHALLOW LAKES; SPECIES DOMINANCE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INORGANIC NITROGEN; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHALLOW WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VRANA LAKE;

COSMARIUM TENUE; SYNEDRA;

EID: 34249048247     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0590-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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