Trophic state assessment based on late summer phytoplankton community structure: A case study for epilimnetic lake water

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 53-63

  Szelag Wasielewska, Elzbieta ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Dominant species; Phytoplankton; Species composition; Trophic index

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPILIMNION; GREEN ALGA; LAKE WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUMMER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; POZNAN [WIELKOPOLSKIE]; STRZESZYNSKIE LAKE; WIELKOPOLSKIE;

CHLOROPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34548796513     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-007-0018-1     Document Type: Article

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