Nutrient ratios and phytoplankton community structure in the large, shallow, eutrophic, subtropical Lakes Okeechobee (Florida, USA) and Taihu (China)

Limnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-227

  McCarthy, Mark J ^a,d   James, R Thomas ^b   Chen, Yuwei ^c   East, Therese L ^b   Gardner, Wayne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DATA SET; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; NORTH AMERICA; TAIHU LAKE; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 70350680823     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-009-0277-5     Document Type: Article

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