Simulated lake phytoplankton composition shifts toward cyanobacteria dominance in a future warmer climate

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 752-767

  Markensten, Hampus ^a,b   Moore, Karen ^a   Persson, Irina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Climate; GWLF; Numerical modeling; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; PROBE; PROTBAS; Scenarios; Temperature; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GROWING SEASON; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER QUALITY;

LAKE MALAREN; SWEDEN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77950874426     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2109.1     Document Type: Article

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