Response of biofilm extracellular enzymes along a stream nutrient enrichment gradient in an agricultural region of north central Pennsylvania, USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 669, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-131

  Rier, Steven T ^a   Nawrocki, Kevin S ^a   Whitley, Julian C ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Biofilm; Change point analysis; Functional indicator; Nutrients; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGA; BIOFILM; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUIDELINE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; STREAMWATER; WATER COLUMN;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 79956096925     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0654-z     Document Type: Article

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