Seasonal dynamics of macrophytes and phytoplankton in shallow lakes: A eutrophication-driven pathway from plants to plankton?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 500-513

  Sayer, Carl D ^a   Davidson, Thomas A ^a   Jones, John Iwan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Seasonality; Shallow lakes; Stability; Submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CHARA; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PUSILLUS; ZANNICHELLIA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 77950139232     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02365.x     Document Type: Article

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