Phytoplankton productivity across prairie saline lakes of the Great Plains (USA): A step toward deciphering patterns through lake classification models

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1435-1448

  Salm, Courtney R ^a   Saros, Jasmine E ^b   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^c   Osburn, Christopher L ^d   Reineke, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ALGA; BIOASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRAIRIE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINE LAKE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE;

EID: 70350376115     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-083     Document Type: Article

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