Effects of nutrients, fish, charophytes and algal sediment recruitment on the phytoplankton ecology of a shallow lake

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 626-639

  Villena, María José ^a   Romo, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algae recruitment; Cyanobacteria; Fertilization; Macrophytes; Planktivorous fish; Turbid phase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTS;

ALGA; BIOMASS; CHAROPHYTE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FISH; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGAE; CHARACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MERISMOPEDIA TENUISSIMA; PLANKTOLYNGBYA LIMNETICA; PSEUDANABAENA GALEATA;

EID: 38049012863     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200610906     Document Type: Article

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