Response of the phytoplankton community in an alpine lake to drought conditions: Colorado rocky mountain front range, USA

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-203

  Flanagan, Colleen ^a,c   McKnight, Diane ^a,b   Liptzin, Daniel ^a   Williams, Mark ^a   Miller, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SNOWPACK;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; GREEN LAKES VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ANKYRA; CHLOROCOCCUM; CHRYSOCOCCUS; SYNEDRA;

EID: 68149172121     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938.4246-41.2.191     Document Type: Article

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