Water level as the main driver of the alternation between a free-floating plant and a phytoplankton dominated state: A long-term study in a floodplain lake

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-287

  O'Farrell, Inés ^a,c   Izaguirre, Irina ^a,c   Chaparro, Griselda ^a   Unrein, Fernando ^b,c   Sinistro, Rodrigo ^a,c   Pizarro, Haydée ^a,c   Rodríguez, Patricia ^a,c   de Pinto, Paula Tezanos ^a,c   Lombardo, Ruben ^a,c   Tell, Guillermo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alternative states; Floodplain lake; Free floating plants; Phytoplankton; South America; Water level

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT QUALITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER LEVEL;

PARANA RIVER;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79955160748     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-010-0175-2     Document Type: Article

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