Phytoplankton of turloughs (seasonal karstic Irish lakes)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-403

  Cunha Pereira, Helder ^a   Allott, Norman ^a   Coxon, Catherine ^a   Naughton, Owen ^a   Johnston, Paul ^a   Gill, Laurence ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

functional groups; karstic catchments; phytoplankton ecology; seasonal lakes; trophic status; turloughs

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DIATOM; FLOODING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GREEN ALGA; KARST; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROALGA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC STATUS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; TRIBONEMA;

EID: 79551708164     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq129     Document Type: Article

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