Effect of drought conditions on plankton community and on nutrient availability in an oligotrophic high mountain lake

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-61

  García Jurado, Fátima ^a   De Vicente, Inmaculada ^b   Galotti, Andrea ^a   Reul, Andreas ^c   Jiménez Gómez, Francisco ^a   Guerrero, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Departamento de Ecología   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DROUGHT STRESS; DUST; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOMEOSTASIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; RESUSPENSION; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

ANDALUCIA; SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

EID: 84859035271     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.1.50     Document Type: Article

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