Are watershed and lacustrine controls on planktonic N2 fixation hierarchically structured?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 805-819

  Scott, J Thad ^a,b   Doyle, Robert D ^a   Prochnow, Shane J ^a   White, Joseph D ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylene redaction; CART; Eiitrophication; Hierarchy; Landscape ecology; N:P ratio; Regression tree analysis; Reservoir limnology; Soil and water assessment tool (SWAT); Spatial and temporal scales; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

CYANOBACTERIA;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANKTON; TEXAS; WATER;

EID: 54549116095     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0105.1     Document Type: Article

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