Cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

Limnologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 296-302

  Rejmánková, Eliška ^a   Komárek, Jiří ^b   Dix, Margaret ^c   Komárková, Jaroslava ^b   Girón, Nancy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^d Rafael Landívar University   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Cyanobacterial bloom; Lake Atitlan; Lyngbya robusta; Nitrogen fixation; Phosphorus; Planktic Lyngbya species

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE POLLUTION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LAKE ATITLAN; SOLOLA;

CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA;

EID: 80054011047     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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