Lake and watershed characteristics rather than climate influence nutrient limitation in shallow lakes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1791-1804

  Kosten, Sarian ^a   Huszar, Vera L M ^b   Mazzeo, Néstor ^c   Scheffer, Marten ^a   Sternberg, Leonel DA S L ^d   Jeppesen, Erik ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

^e Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Denitrification; Grazing pressure; Latitudinal gradient; Nitrogen fixing; Nutrient limitation; Shallow lakes; South america

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SHALLOW WATER; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SOIL; WATER FLOW;

CLIMATE; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 70349316344     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0906.1     Document Type: Article

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