Phytoplankton distribution along trophic gradients within and among reservoirs in Catalonia (Spain)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2543-2556

  Caputo, Luciano ^a   Naselli Flores, Luigi ^b   Ordoñez, Jaime ^a   Armengol, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canyon shaped reservoirs; Ecological gradients; Eutrophication; Phytoplankton structure; Trophic state index

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 55349133084     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02082.x     Document Type: Article

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