Fast response of lake plankton and nutrients to river inundations on floodplain lakes

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 388-406

  Roozen, Frank C J M ^a,c   Peeters, Edwin T H M ^a   Roijackers, Rudi ^a   Wyngaert, Isabelle V D ^a   Wolters, Henk ^b   De Coninck, Harm ^a   Ibelings, Bas W ^b,d   Buijse, Anthonie D ^b   Scheffer, Marten ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^c Ministry of Agriculture Nature and Food quality Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Floodplain; Inundation; Nutrients; Plankton

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 45149111687     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1071     Document Type: Article

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