Lago Maggiore oligotrophication as seen from the long-term evolution of its phytoplankton taxonomic size structure

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-161

  Kamenir, Yury ^a   Morabito, Giuseppe ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CNR Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Community structure stability; Size frequency distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE MAGGIORE;

EID: 67649458338     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2009.146     Document Type: Article

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