Nutrient stoichiometry of linked catchment-lake systems along a gradient of land use

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 791-811

  Vanni, Michael J ^a   Renwick, William H ^a   Bowling, Anna M ^a   Horgan, Martin J ^a   Christian, Alan D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79953311500     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02436.x     Document Type: Article

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