The importance of nutrient co-limitation in regulating algal community composition, productivity and algal-derived DOC in an oligotrophic marsh in interior Alaska

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1845-1860

  Wyatt, Kevin H ^a   Jan Stevenson, R ^a   Turetsky, Merritt R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska; Algae; Climate change; Dissolved organic carbon; Nutrients; Productivity; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHROOCOCCUS; EUGLENA; GLOEOCYSTIS; MOUGEOTIA; NITZSCHIA;

EID: 77955749759     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02419.x     Document Type: Article

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