Long term nutrient loads and chlorophyll dynamics in a large temperate Australian lagoon system affected by recurring blooms of cyanobacteria

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 261-274

  Cook, Perran L M ^a   Holland, Daryl P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow; Gippsland Lakes; Loads; Nitrogen; Nodularia spumigena; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Salinity; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CATCHMENT; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIUM; LAGOON; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; TOXIC ORGANISM; WILDFIRE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALIA; BALTIC SEA; GIPPSLAND LAKES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 83555177634     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9551-1     Document Type: Article

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