Iron plays a role in nitrate drawdown by phytoplankton in Lake Erie surface waters as observed in lake-wide assessments

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 369-381

  Havens, Sonya M ^a,d   Hassler, Christel S ^a,e   North, Rebecca L ^b,f   Guildford, Stephanie J ^b,g   Silsbe, Greg ^b,h   Wilhelm, Steven W ^c   Twiss, Michael R ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^h NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON; NITRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLER; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84858646849     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2011-157     Document Type: Article

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