The influence of external perturbations on the functional composition of phytoplankton in a mediterranean reservoir

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 636, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-64

  Hoyer, A B ^a,b   Moreno Ostos, E ^c   Vidal, J ^b   Blanco, J M ^c   Palomino Torres, R L ^c   Basanta, A ^d   Escot, C ^d   Rueda, F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d Empresa Metropolitana de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento de Aguas de Sevilla ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

External perturbations; Mediterranean reservoir; Phytoplankton functional groups; Phytoplankton succession; Selective withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 84861339032     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9934-2     Document Type: Article

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