Influence of water-column depth and mixing on phytoplankton biomass, community composition, and nutrients

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2361-2373

  Jäger, Christoph G ^a,b   Diehl, Sebastian ^a   Schmidt, Gertraud M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; EUPHOTIC ZONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLAGELLATE; LIGHT EFFECT; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 55749097978     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.6.2361     Document Type: Article

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