Gloeotrichia echinulata blooms in an oligotrophic lake: Helpful insights from eutrophic lakes

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 893-904

  Carey, Cayelan C ^a,c   Weathers, Kathleen C ^b   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c E221 Corson Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; GLOEOTRICHIA ECHINULATA;

EID: 49449101905     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn055     Document Type: Article

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