Responses of phytoplankton diversity to physical disturbance under manual operation in a large reservoir, China

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 684, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-56

  Li, Zhe ^a   Wang, Sheng ^a   Guo, Jinsong ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Gao, Xu ^a   Long, Man ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Physical disturbance; Phytoplankton; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DILUTION; DISTURBANCE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESERVOIR; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR;

CERATIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; PERIDINIUM;

EID: 84862821592     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0963-2     Document Type: Article

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