Effects of nutrient enrichment on phytoplankton in an alpine lake, Colorado, U.S.A.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-64

  Gardner, Eileen M ^a,b   McKnight, Diane M ^b   Lewis Jr , William M ^a   Miller, Matthew P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE POLLUTION; MESOCOSM; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 38949108276     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(07-002)[GARDNER]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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