Hurricane effects on the planktonic food web of a large subtropical lake

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1081-1094

  Havens, Karl E ^a   Beaver, John R ^b   Casamatta, Dale A ^c   East, Therese L ^d   James, R Thomas ^d   McCormick, Paul ^d   Phlips, Edward J ^a   Rodusky, Andrew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BSA Environmental Services Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

hurricanes; light limitation; plankton; shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLATE; FOOD WEB; HURRICANE FRANCES 2004; HURRICANE WILMA 2005; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; OPEN OCEAN; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESUSPENSION; SHALLOW WATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PISCES;

EID: 79959296764     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr002     Document Type: Article

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