Algal response to nutrient enrichment in forested oligotrophic stream

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 564-572

  Veraart, Annelies J ^a   Romaní, Anna M ^b   Tornés, Elisabet ^b   Sabater, Sergi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algal communities; Biofilm; Chlorophyll; Diatoms; Light; Mediterranean streams; Nutrient enrichment; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

ACHNANTHES MINUTISSIMA; ALGAE; AMPHORA OVALIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; GOMPHONEMA ANGUSTATUM; RHOICOSPHENIA ABBREVIATA;

EID: 44349128966     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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