Phytoplankton dynamics and cyanobacterial dominance in Murchison Bay of Lake Victoria (Uganda) in relation to environmental conditions

Limnologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-29

  Haande, Sigrid ^a,b   Rohrlack, Thomas ^a   Semyalo, Ronald P ^b   Brettum, Pål ^a   Edvardsen, Bente ^c   Lyche Solheim, Anne ^a   Sørensen, Kai ^a   Larsson, Petter ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Eutrophication; Lake Victoria; Nutrients; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KAMPALA; LAKE VICTORIA; MURCHISON BAY; UGANDA;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 78649449829     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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