Re-oligotrophication by phosphorus reduction and effects on seston quality in lakes

Limnologica

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 189-202

  Van Donka, Ellen ^a,b   Hessen, Dag O ^b   Verschoor, Antonie M ^a   Gulati, Ramesh D ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nutrient reduction; Review; Stoichiometric bottleneck; Top down control; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LIMNOLOGY; MIXOTROPHY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; REDUCTION; SESTON; STOICHIOMETRY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 56749119981     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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