Temporal and spatial variability in the phytoplankton community of Myall Lakes, Australia, and influences of salinity

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 608, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-86

  Ryan, Natasha J ^a   Mitrovic, Simon M ^b   Bowling, Lee C ^b  

^a Water Management Division   (Australia)

^b Water Management Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal lakes; Cyanobacteria; Phytoplankton; Salinity; Succession

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALGAE CONTROL; AMMONIA; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DROUGHT; EARTH SCIENCES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LAKES; NITROGEN; PEST CONTROL; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMOELECTRICITY; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

(LIQUID + LIQUID) EQUILIBRIUM; AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AUSTRALIA; BUSINESS MEDIA; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS (CCA); COASTAL LAKES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; HYDRAULIC CONNECTIONS; LIMNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MARINE INCURSIONS; NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW); NORTH COAST; PHYSICO CHEMICALS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; RELATIVELY CONSTANT; RIVER CATCHMENTS; SMALL CATCHMENTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPRINGER (CO); TOTAL NITROGEN (TN);

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BOMBAH BROADWATER; MYALL LAKE; MYALL RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANABAENA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHROOCOCCUS; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MERISMOPEDIA;

EID: 44949195800     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9375-3     Document Type: Article

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