Hot spots and hot moments of planktonic nitrogen fixation in a eutrophic southern reservoir

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-103

  Doyle, Robert D ^a   Scott, J Thad ^a,b   Forbes, Margaret G ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

nitrogen fixation; reservoir; spatial variability; temporal variability; water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956486447     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438141.2010.489765     Document Type: Article

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