Seasonal Si:C ratios in Lake Erie diatoms - Evidence of an active winter diatom community

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-211

  Saxton, Matthew A ^a   D'souza, Nigel A ^b   Bourbonniere, Richard A ^c   McKay, Robert Michael L ^b   Wilhelm, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatom; Hypoxia; Lake Erie; Primary production; Silica; Winter limnology

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; HYPOXIA; LAKE ERIE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WINTER LIMNOLOGY;

BIOLOGY; CARBON; LAKES; SILICA; SILICON;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CARBON; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIATOM; HYPOXIA; LIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SILICA; STOICHIOMETRY; WINTER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

AULACOSEIRA ISLANDICA; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84860644760     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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