Temporal discontinuity of nutrient limitation in plankton communities

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-402

  Davies, John Mark ^a,b   Nowlin, Weston H ^a,c   Matthews, Blake ^a,d   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Saskatchewan Watershed Authority   (Canada)

^c Texas State University   (United States)

^d Eawag ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Aphanizomenon; Cyanobacteria; Fragillaria; Nutrient deficiency; Nutrient limitation

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANKTON; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77956734527     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-010-0143-x     Document Type: Article

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