Assessing phytoplankton structure and spatio-temporal dynamics in a freshwater ecosystem using a powerful multiway statistical analysis

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3155-3168

  Rolland, Anne ^a   Bertrand, Frédéric ^b   Maumy, Myriam ^b   Jacquet, Stéphan ^a  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dynamics; Management; Partial Triadic Analysis; Phytoplankton; Sampling strategy

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIVERSITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PARTIAL TRIADIC ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; REFERENCE SAMPLING; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS;

EID: 67649205115     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.03.049     Document Type: Article

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