Moving on up: Can results from simple aquatic mesocosm experiments be applied across broad spatial scales?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-291

  Spivak, Amanda C ^a   Vanni, Michael J ^a   Mette, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Experimental design; Mesocosm; Nutrients; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 78650939336     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02495.x     Document Type: Article

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