Precipitation patterns, dissolved organic matter and changes in the plankton assemblage in Lake Escondido (Patagonia, Argentina)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 691, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-202

  Navarro, Marcela A Bastidas ^a   Modenutti, Beatriz E ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andean lake; Dissolved organic matter; Plankton community; Precipitation; Shallow oligotrophic

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CILIATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREEN ALGA; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SHALLOW WATER;

ARGENTINA; LAKE ESCONDIDO; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA];

CHROOCOCCUS; CHRYSOCHROMULINA PARVA; CILIOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84861623459     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1073-5     Document Type: Article

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