Factors controlling the seasonal development and distribution of the phytoplankton community in the lowland course of a large river in Northern Italy (River Adige)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 533-545

  Salmaso, Nico ^a   Braioni, Maria G ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Nutrients; Physical factors; Phytoplankton abundance; River discharge; Water velocity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADIGE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 55949101061     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9135-x     Document Type: Article

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