Ambiguous climate impacts on competition between submerged macrophytes and phytoplankton in shallow lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1540-1553

  Kosten, Sarian ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^b,c,d   Huszar, Vera L M ^e   Mazzeo, Néstor ^f   Van Nes, Egbert H ^a   Peeters, Edwin T H M ^a   Scheffer, Marten ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research (SDC)   (China)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f CURE Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Critical nutrient concentration; Macrophytes; Phytoplankton; Shallow lakes; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959921174     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02593.x     Document Type: Article

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