Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on phytoplankton composition and biomass in 15 subtropical, urban shallow lakes in Wuhan, China

Limnologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-56

  Lv, Jin ^a   Wu, Hongjuan ^a   Chen, Mengqiu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria bloom; Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Nutrients limitation; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton community; TN:TP ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HYPERTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

ALGAE; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS OVATA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; EUGLENA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78650076145     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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