Influence of nutrients, submerged macrophytes and zooplankton grazing on phytoplankton biomass and diversity along a latitudinal gradient in Europe

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 653, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-90

  Muylaert, Koenraad ^a   Pérez Martínez, Carmen ^b   Sánchez Castillo, Pedro ^b   Lauridsen, Torben L ^c   Vanderstukken, Maarten ^a   Declerck, Steven A J ^a,d   Van der Gucht, Katleen ^e   Conde Porcuna, José Maria ^b   Jeppesen, Erik ^c   de Meester, Luc ^a   Vyverman, Wim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Freshwater biodiversity; Latitudinal variation; Submerged macrophytes; Zooplankton grazing

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY; GRAZING PRESSURE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; LATITUDINAL VARIATION; MACROPHYTES; NETHERLANDS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; SHALLOW LAKES; SOUTHERN SPAIN; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE CONTROL;

BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EUTROPHICATION; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954688724     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0345-1     Document Type: Article

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