Driving factors of the phytoplankton functional groups in a deep Mediterranean reservoir

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3345-3354

  Becker, Vanessa ^a,b   Caputo, Luciano ^c   Ordóñez, Jaime ^c   Marcé, Rafael ^c,e   Armengol, Joan ^c   Crossetti, Luciane O ^d   Huszar, Vera L M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assemblage index; Functional groups; Nutrient limitation; Phytoplankton dynamics; Thermal stratification; Water supply reservoir

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASSEMBLAGE INDEX; DRIVING FACTORS; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES; REYNOLDS; SEASONAL CHANGES; WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIRS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMASS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER SUPPLY;

APHANOCAPSA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; CHRYSOPHYTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOMONAS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OOCYSTIS LACUSTRIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RHODOMONAS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SAU RESERVOIR; SPAIN;

APHANOCAPSA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOMONAS; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OOCYSTIS LACUSTRIS;

EID: 77953024391     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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