Spring phytoplankton phenology - are patterns and drivers of change consistent among lakes in the same climatological region?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-344

  Feuchtmayr, Heidrun ^a   Thackeray, Stephen J ^a   Jones, Ian D ^a   de Ville, Mitzi ^a   Fletcher, Janice ^a   James, Ben ^a   Kelly, Jack ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Overwintering population; Silicate; Soluble reactive phosphorus; Temperature; Timing of peak algae abundance

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA; AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOMONAS;

EID: 84855353701     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02671.x     Document Type: Article

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