Interactions between nutrient availability and climatic fluctuations as determinants of the long-term phytoplankton community changes in Lake Garda, Northern Italy

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 660, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-68

  Salmaso, Nico ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climatic fluctuations; Eutrophication; Large lakes; Path analysis; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GROWTH RESPONSE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PATH ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC STATUS; TYPOLOGY; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ITALY; LAKE GARDA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CERATIUM HIRUNDINELLA; CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIALES; PERIDINIALES;

EID: 79959797986     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0394-5     Document Type: Article

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