Effects of an extreme precipitation event on water chemistry and phytoplankton in the Swedish Lake Mälaren

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 409-420

  Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A ^a,b   Willén, Eva ^b   Sonesten, Lars ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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CRYPTOPHYTA;

EID: 8344231652     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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