A morphological classification capturing functional variation in phytoplankton

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 614-627

  Kruk, Carla ^a,b   Huszar, Vera L M ^c   Peeters, Edwin T H M ^b   Bonilla, Sylvia ^a   Costa, Luciana ^c   LüRling, Miquel ^b   Reynolds, Colin S ^d   Scheffer, Marten ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Functional groups; Morphology; Phytoplankton; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950121887     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02298.x     Document Type: Article

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