The influence of land use on stream biofilm nutrient limitation across eight North American ecoregions

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1081-1094

  Johnson, Laura T ^a,b   Tank, Jennifer L ^b   Dodds, Walter K ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOREGION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; LAND USE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STREAM; SUBSTRATE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349627652     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-065     Document Type: Article

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