Photoinhibition and the assembly of light-limited phytoplankton communities

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-368

  Gerla, Daan J ^a   Mooij, Wolf M ^a   Huisman, Jef ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; COEXISTENCE; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; MONOCULTURE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SHADING; TURBIDITY;

EID: 79951738333     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18573.x     Document Type: Article

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