Humans and climate as drivers of algal community change in Windermere since 1850

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 260-277

  McGowan, Suzanne ^a   Barker, Philip ^b   Haworth, Elizabeth Y ^c   Leavitt, Peter R ^d   Maberly, Stephen C ^e   Pates, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate; Eutrophication; Waste water; Windermere

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84855359099     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02689.x     Document Type: Article

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