Assessing the sensitivity of alpine lakes and ponds to nitrogen deposition in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 648, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Murphy, Conrad A ^a   Thompson, Patrick L ^a   Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine ponds; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Chemical index; Nitrogen limitation; Nutrient bioassay; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALPINE LAKES; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHEMICAL INDEX; CHEMICAL INDICES; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; IN-VITRO; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN LIMITATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOASSAY; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURVEYS;

NITROGEN;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIMNOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77952009268     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0146-6     Document Type: Article

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