Applying the light: Nutrient hypothesis to stream periphyton

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 931-940

  Fanta, Shari E ^a   Hill, Walter R ^a   Smith, Timothy B ^a   Roberts, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Light: nutrient hypothesis; Periphyton; Stoichiometry; Stream

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 77953110616     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02309.x     Document Type: Article

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