Is the future blue-green? A review of the current model predictions of how climate change could affect pelagic freshwater cyanobacteria

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1364-1371

  Elliott, J Alex ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Lake modelling; Nitrogen limitation; Phenology; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; LAKES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; WATER QUALITY;

CURRENT MODELING; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESH WATER; LAKE MODEL; MODEL PREDICTION; NITROGEN LIMITATION; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

EUTROPHICATION;

FRESH WATER; HOT WATER; NITROGEN;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; ENERGY FLOW; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER MODEL; CYANOBACTERIUM; LAKE; MICROCYSTIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; PELAGIC SPECIES; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84856669046     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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