Limiting resources, disturbance, and diversity in phytoplankton communities

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 533-551

  Grover, James P ^a   Chrzanowski, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Biological diversity; Disturbance; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Limiting resources; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Reservoirs; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; LIMITING FACTOR; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE; JOE POOL LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CICONIIFORMES; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 4444357610     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-4073     Document Type: Article

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