Ecological responses to nutrients in streams and rivers of the Colorado mountains and foothills

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1973-1983

  Lewis, William M ^a   McCutchan, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attached algae; Eutrophication; Herbivory grazing; Invertebrates; Nuisance algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955764711     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02431.x     Document Type: Article

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