An automated platform for phytoplankton ecology and aquatic ecosystem monitoring

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 9658-9665

  Pomati, Francesco ^a   Jokela, Jukka ^a,b   Simona, Marco ^c   Veronesi, Mauro ^c   Ibelings, Bas W ^a,d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELLS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DEEP WATER; DYNAMIC PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; HIGH FREQUENCY DATA; HIGH FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-FREQUENCY MONITORING; HIGH-QUALITY MONITORING; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PILOT STUDIES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; TIME LAG; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WATER COLUMNS;

ALGAE CONTROL; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MONITORING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; LIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING; WATER COLUMN;

ALGAL GROWTH; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWITZERLAND;

CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SWITZERLAND; WATER;

LAKE LUGANO; SWITZERLAND;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 81055123861     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201934n     Document Type: Article

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