Filamentous green algae inhibit phytoplankton with enhanced effects when lakes get warmer

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-553

  Trochine, Carolina ^a,b   Guerrieri, Marcelo ^a   Liboriussen, Lone ^a   Meerhoff, Mariana ^a,c   Lauridsen, Torben L ^a   Søndergaard, Martin ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Allelochemicals; Cladophora sp.; Climate warming; Spirogyra sp.; Water clarity

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA; SPIROGYRA; SPIROGYRA SP.;

EID: 79551657508     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02521.x     Document Type: Article

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