Development of blooms of Cyclotella meneghiniana and Nitzschia spp. (Bacillariophyceae) in a shallow river and estimation of effective suppression flows

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 596, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-185

  Mitrovic, Simon M ^a   Chessman, Bruce C ^a   Davie, Alec ^b   Avery, Estelle L ^a   Ryan, Natasha ^a  

^a NSW Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclotella; Diatoms; Flow management; Growth suppression; Nitzschia

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENTS; REDUNDANCY; RIVERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS; FLOW MANAGEMENT; GROWTH SUPPRESSION; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; DIATOM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HUNTER RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; NITZSCHIA;

EID: 37749003314     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9094-1     Document Type: Article

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