Quantifying phosphorus and light effects in stream algae

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 368-380

  Hill, Walter R ^a   Fanta, Shari E ^a   Roberts, Brian J ^b,c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROALGA; PHOSPHORUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREAM; TURBIDITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 61649104343     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0368     Document Type: Article

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