Algal blooms and the nitrogen-enrichment hypothesis in Florida springs: Evidence, alternatives, and adaptive management

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 816-829

  Heffernan, James B ^a,b   Liebowitz, Dina M ^a   Frazer, Thomas K ^a   Evans, Jason M ^a   Cohen, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Eutrophication; Florida; Herbivory; Nitrate; Precaution; Rivers; Springs; Trophic structure; USA

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; OXYGEN;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ALGAL BLOOM; ALGAL MAT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; HERBIVORY; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARADIGM SHIFT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPRING (SEASON); TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FLORIDA; NITRATES; OXYGEN; RIVERS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 77950904621     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1362.1     Document Type: Article

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