Size fractionated phytoplankton production in two humic shallow lakes with contrasting coverage of free floating plants

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 691, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 285-298

  Rodríguez, Patricia ^a   Pizarro, Haydée ^a   Vera, M Solange ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Humic shallow lakes; Pico , nano and microphytoplankton; Productivity; South America; Subtropical wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DOMINANCE; FLOODPLAIN; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WETLAND;

PARANA RIVER;

EID: 84861650630     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1081-5     Document Type: Article

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