Leading indicators of phytoplankton transitions caused by resource competition

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-148

  Carpenter, Stephen R ^a   Brock, William A ^a   Cole, Jonathan J ^b   Pace, Michael L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae bloom; Automated sensors; Competition; Ecological sensors; Ecosystem monitoring; Indicators; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 68449089660     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-009-0038-4     Document Type: Article

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