Extreme weather events alter planktonic communities in boreal lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6 PART 2, 2009, Pages 2481-2492

  Graham, Mark D ^a   Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATER; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA;

COPEPODA;

EID: 78649543821     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6_part_2.2481     Document Type: Article

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