Environmental variability drives phytoplankton assemblage persistence in a subtropical reservoir

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 839-848

  Schneck, Fabiana ^a   Schwarzbold, Albano ^a   Rodrigues, Silvana C ^a   Melo, Adriano S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Algae; Interannual variability; Plankton; Seasonality; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIATOM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PERSISTENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL CYCLE;

AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 80055024012     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02224.x     Document Type: Article

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